Tag: Consignia

The UK postal regulator moved yesterday to defuse the row with Consignia over proposals for tough price controls, by hinting they were only an opening gambit in negotiations. A furore erupted last week when the regulator proposed a three-year price freeze. But Graham Corbett, Postcomm chairman, said its consultation document had deliberately been pitched “left of centre” to force Consignia to justify its position that the controls would lead to a loss.

Patricia Hewitt is preparing to take Consignia’s side in an increasingly angry row over prices between the mail operator and the postal regulator. The two sides traded accusations yesterday of recklessness, regulatory insanity and sabre-rattling.