Postcomm UK restores restrictions to postal licences

Postcomm has reinstated restrictions on the licences of five competitors to Royal Mail. The move follows the resumption of normal services by Royal Mail after industrial action which began in October.

Under normal circumstances, companies competing with Royal Mail can only provide relatively large bulk mail services for business customers. But as a result of industrial action by Royal Mail staff in London and elsewhere, on 31 October Postcomm published a determination removing these restrictions for a period to enable rival companies to provide a wider range of services.

A determination by Postcomm now gives the companies 92 days to revert to their original licence conditions.