Postcomm has set out five criteria that it proposes to use to measure the effectiveness of competition in mail services. As the criteria are met, Postcomm will look at whether it can reduce its regulation of the market in those areas.
The criteria are Barriers to entry, The scale and nature of competition, Behaviour of Royal Mail, Customer awareness and behaviour and Effectiveness of competition.
Read More14.10 Examining the future shape and sustainability of the Post Office network
Three years on from the PIU report – have we progressed?
Short-termism: is the government bolstering an uneconomic network?
Assessing the effectiveness of the Post Office Card Account
A wider financial services offering: the Post Office as the ‘easyJet of Banking’?
Partnering with the private sector to exploit commercial opportunities
A social obligation for a commercial enterprise – should the Post Office network remain within the group?
Exploring the potential for satellite and mobile branches
Colin Baker, General Secretary, National Federation of SubPostmasters
Read MoreEarly in its effort to build a global delivery network, UPS learned an important lesson: nobody knows more about the business and culture of a country than the people who live there.
After recognizing some missteps in sending American managers overseas, UPS adopted a new approach, explained UPS Chief Operating Officer Tom Weidemeyer.
Read MoreChallenges facing the support services group – corporate profile.
Read MoreTHE POST Office has asked the Government for almost pounds 2bn in subsidy to keep its network financially viable over the next five years, a leaked document obtained by The Independent reveals.
Marked “in strictest confidence”, the strategic plan from Consignia, the organisation’s new name, seeks a massive public investment to keep rural and urban post offices open.
The draft document outlines proposals to merge urban post offices and create a network of “bigger, brighter and better post offices”. It also proposes saving millions of pounds a year by closing smaller offices and making their service available in local shops.
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