Tag: Royal Mail

Rivals deliver new blow to Royal Mail (UK)

Posted by | Oct 19, 2008 | |

Private postal companies are rapidly gaining ground on the Royal Mail in Scotland, with one firm tripling its business since the start of the year.

Figures to be released on Friday by TNT Post UK will show private operators have seized a large slice of the business delivery market over the past 12 months as more firms move away from the Royal Mail.

TNT Post will reveal it has tripled its business clients in Scotland to 300 since January.

It has also doubled the number of letters and packages it carries north of the border from 4.5m to nine million in the past 12 months.

The company says its services are proving particularly popular among Scotland’s army of small and medium-sized businesses which are looking to trim their costs.

The figures will make grim reading for the Royal Mail, which has faced mounting competition from firms such as TNT Post and DX since the UK postal market was liberalised in 2006.

TNT Post says it wants to launch a nationwide “end-to-end” service, where it will handle post at every stage, from pick up to delivery, but it is currently prevented from doing so because of unfair barriers in certain parts of the market.

Most private operators still pay the Royal Mail to deliver mail over the “final mile”.

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Royal Mail: mail enhances consumers’ perception of companies

Posted by | Oct 17, 2008 | |

Advertisers that combine direct mail with internet search activity are more successful at bringing their brands to life for consumers, research released by Royal Mail revealed.

The study, commissioned by Royal Mail to examine the role of posted material in the media mix, demonstrates how direct mail can significantly boost campaigns by enhancing existing search engine marketing drives.

The research found that mail can help build brand familiarity among people who subsequently search online. 58 per cent of people said they were more likely to click on a link if they had already received something from a company or organisation in the post.

It appears many people believe mail can really turn a two-dimensional on-screen campaign into a 3-D experience. In addition to mail’s strong link with search, some 49 per cent of respondents also felt brochures or catalogues received through their letterbox help make brands that advertise on TV seem “more real”.

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Post Office UK Post & Go Kiosk

Posted by | Oct 15, 2008 | |

Royal Mail has started to introduce new automated self-service kiosks in some Post Offices with the first two units installed in a Bristol Post Office on Wednesday this week (15th October).
The Post Office Post & Go Kiosks aim to be the quickest and simplest way to send mail and buy stamps. Customers can purchase stamps that can be used immediately or taken away for later use.
All customers need do is place their item on the scale and follow the step-by-step instructions to send their item paying with cash with the option of card payments for transactions over GBP 2.00.
The initial roll out will see 175 Post & Go kiosks in 80 Post Offices spread around the country.

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TNT Post – Royal Mail's biggest rival (UK)

Posted by | Oct 14, 2008 | |

According to the latest annual Business Customer Survey from Postcomm, TNT Post has confirmed its market leading position in the deregulated postal market. The survey of 1800 businesses found that, of those surveyed, 38 per cent were aware of TNT Post’s services, beating its nearest rival by a considerable margin (DHL Global Mail – 24 per cent).

The survey also highlighted that TNT Post, which had the largest base of customers among the survey’s respondents, has seen growth across all types of mailing services such as sorted and unsorted solutions.

TNT Post, formerly TNT Mail, was established in early 2003 and signed its downstream access agreement in April 2004 and began operations in late August 2004. Since its launch, it has developed a number of products for customers including Premier, Premier Sort and PremierSort Flex. TNT Post is the second largest UK postal company and currently handles between 190 million to 200 million items a month.

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