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Consignia denies cutting daily deliveries

Posted by | May 24, 2002 | |

Consignia today rejected claims it was planning to cut daily postal deliveries to a further 2,000 Scottish households.
Postal watchdogs had claimed Consignia was looking to increase the number of Scottish households on an “exemption list” from 43 to 2,248.
But Consignia today insisted a list of exceptions it had passed to Postwatch Scotland for a survey was neither new nor intended to be used as a mailing list.
It said there were already 2,248 addresses in Scotland currently exempt under the universal postal service obligation, which dates back to 1840.

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Clients and agencies slam Royal Mail pricing scheme

Posted by | May 24, 2002 | |

Royal Mail’s plans to introduce a new pricing system based on size – not just weight – have been attacked by both agencies and clients and will, according to one agency chief, “stifle creativity and damage the direct mail medium”.
The proposal, first revealed in Precision Marketing last month (PM April 5), has been put forward by managing director of business and consumer markets Gillian Wilmot. It is not known whether the Media Markets division supports the initiative.

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Royal Mail seeks Union with Mailing Houses

Posted by | May 24, 2002 | |

Royal Mail is aiming to develop closer relationships with the UK mailing house sector by launching a new scheme encouraging them to promote the medium to advertisers.
The Mailing Agents Programme is part of continued efforts by Royal Mail’s Media Markets division to stabilise the relationship it has with mailing houses and establish its commitment to backing the mail medium in the face of increasing competition.
Around 300 mailing houses have been invited to join the free scheme, by offering a commission rate for new business won from referrals and for successful new marketing ideas.

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Business Express £63 million investment

Posted by | May 24, 2002 | |

Business Express has invested £55m in its Shaw sorting centre and £8m on a new track and trace system. Using the new Beumer system 150,000 items a day pass through the site, estimated to reach 232,000 a day from September.

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Regulation & Liberalisation

Posted by | May 24, 2002 | |

Promoting postal competition across Europe
Guaranteeing a universal postal service
Reducing the reserved area to increase competition
Monitoring cross-subsidisation
Ensuring fair access to the postal network

Jean-François Rodriguez, Administrator, Postal Services, European Commission

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Baker Group Wins more from Beckett’s

Posted by | May 23, 2002 | |

Midlands-based temperature controlled food distributor Baker Group Distribution has won increased business from existing customer Beckett’s Foods following the opening of its new processing site.

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