ARE WE about to witness the death, by a thousand cuts, of the Royal Mail? Yesterday Hays, the distribution and logistics company, was awarded the first licence to operate against Royal Mail. But no sooner had the regulator signed off Hays’s licence to operate business services in London, Manchester and Edinburgh than two other would-be rivals popped up – UK Mail a division of Business Post and Deya
Read MoreDELIVERIES of letters to homes before 9.30am may be ended unless residents pay special fees, under plans being put forward by the postal watchdog to cut delays.
Read MoreBy MARK KLEINMAN Postwatch, the postal industry consumer watchdog, is looking at
hiring an ad agency as it seeks to inform the public about the
changes taking place in the mail delivery market. Postwatch, the brand name for the Consumer Council for Postal
Services, was launched in March to monitor the performance of
licensed postal operators, including Consignia, the parent company
of Royal Mail, and the Post Office.
According to recent surveys by the consumer organisation Post Watch, 967,500 consignments go astray every week, most of them letters, post cards and parcels.
Read MoreWhy we are not negative; What Consignia wants; What Postcomm & Postwatch want and the workers requirements
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