Rival post boxes to Royal Mail could be set up in supermarkets, garages and high street shops under plans by Business Post, the Birmingham mail group.
Business Post is in talks with potential partners to establish a high-street presence to compete with Royal Mail, and also wants to put its own collection boxes in post offices. A machine with Business Post stamps may be attached to the post box, or stamps could be bought from retailers hosting the new post boxes.
Business Post, one of the UK’s leading express parcel delivery companies, announces that it learnt yesterday that O.T.Computers Limited (trading as Tiny Computers) went into administration on 29 January 2002. O.T Computers Limited on an annualised basis accounted for approximately 3% of Business Post’s turnover, and the amount owed to Business Post is estimated to be approximately #0.3 million (net of credit insurance).
Read MoreBusiness Post welcomes the report issued this morning by the Postal Services
Commission (“Postcomm”), the postal industry regulator, which will permit it to expand its mail operations.
UK express business parcels will remain the core activity of Business Post, despite its recent diversification into new areas.
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