Tag: Royal Mail

Royal Mail switch too slow for Business Post

Posted by | Nov 13, 2002 | |

Parcel delivery group Business Post yesterday said it was frustrated at the lack of progress in opening up the Royal Mail to competition from the private sector.

It is one of the companies proposing to collect and sort bulk mail on behalf of business customers before handing it over to the Royal Mail’s postmen for delivery over “the final mile”. But the launch of the service has been delayed while negotiations continue on the charge the Royal Mail will make for access to its network. The terms of the contract are due to be published by industry regulator Postcomm next month.

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Bulk mail delivery operation booming

Posted by | Nov 13, 2002 | |

Birmingham-based Royal Mail rival, Business Post, is growing its operations at 15 per cent, even before January’s move to end the postal monopoly.

Chief executive Paul Carvell said he expects the company to double its annual turnover after it gets a full licence to help in the delivery of bulk business mail.

He said: ‘I still believe that our goal of three per cent market share, of a market worth pounds 5.3 billion, is possible.

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Postcomm publishes its standard postal licence

Posted by | Nov 12, 2002 | |

Postcomm today published the terms and conditions for the new standard postal
licence. This implements the decision, announced on 29 May 2002, to allow
rival operators to provide long-term mail services in competition with Royal Mail Group. The new licence will come into operation from I January 2003 and will have a minimum life of seven years. Up to now, with the exception of Royal Mail, all postal operators have been restricted to interim licences of a minimum of 12 months’ duration.

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Royal Mail trains to Glasgow are to be scrapped after 132 years on the tracks

Posted by | Nov 11, 2002 | |

Royal Mail trains which carry overnight sorting offices to Glasgow are to be scrapped next year. The cost-cutting move will bring to an end to more than 130 years of history and affect almost 80 staff who work on the travelling post offices (TPOs). Staff who man the 132-year-old mail train service fear they will lose their jobs as a result. And they are also concerned that the move will mean a reduced service for customers.

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Catalogue firms join forces for new trade body

Posted by | Nov 8, 2002 | |

Over 100 catalogue owners are forming their own trade association in an attempt to improve standards of training and support within the catalogue industry. The new body, called the Catalogue Exchange, may also be used to challenge the DMA (UK) on the issue of size-based pricing. Although negatively received by the majority of the direct marketing industry, Royal Mail’s new pricing proposals are set to improve the lot of niche cataloguers by reducing their costs.

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