Tag: Royal Mail

UK watchdog attacks mail box changes

Posted by | Mar 8, 2003 | |

Royal Mail has quietly introduced unannounced changes to collection service information displayed on its post boxes, the postal watchdog said yesterday. It no longer guarantees more than one daily collection from letter boxes and has removed tabs which tell customers if they have missed the last post. Boxes have been left overflowing in busy areas as the efficiency drive is rolled out, according to Postwatch, the postal services consumer rights organisation.

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Chairman of UK Post Office Ltd appointed

Posted by | Mar 6, 2003 | |

Mike Hodgkinson, the outgoing chief executive of BAA plc, has been appointed Chairman of Post Office Limited, the retailing business of Royal Mail Group, it was announced today. His appointment to the Royal Mail Board was announced in November last year as one of four new non-executive directors. Mr Hodgkinson will take up his additional role on May 1 and he will also become the Royal Mail Board’s senior independent director.

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UK Royal Mail price increase postpone

Posted by | Mar 6, 2003 | |

Royal Mail today advised customers that the postal price increase proposed from April 17 will be postponed because of a decision by the regulator, Postcomm, to extend the consultation period for price control. Postcomm has delayed the deadline for the consultation period to March 21, following representations from the consumer body Postwatch. Royal Mail had previously announced April 17 as the proposed date for its increases, subject to agreement with the regulator on the price control package, but there will now be no change to prices of any Royal Mail services on that date.

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UK Royal Mail chooses LeasePlan to run its company cars

Posted by | Mar 3, 2003 | |

Royal Mail announced today it has signed a contract with the vehicle management company, LeasePlan, to supply and maintain its 5,000 non-operational company cars. The contract does not affect Royal Mail’s fleet of familiar red delivery trucks and vans, as they remain in-house. There is also no impact on jobs.

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UK Cabinet in hunt for finance guru

Posted by | Feb 14, 2003 | |

The Government is creating a new organisation with a GBP150,000-a-year chief executive to look after its shareholdings and advise on how it should deal with them. An advertisement for the chief executive is notably vague, however, on just what the duties would be. The appointee is expected to recruit 10 to 15 people, who will look after three state-owned corporations: Royal Mail, the Royal Mint, and British Nuclear Fuels, all of which have been considered for privatisation.

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