Royal Mail confirmed yesterday that it is to shed about 17,000 jobs over the next two years as it shakes up the way post is delivered in an effort to return to profitability. Consignia wants urban deliveries to be made by teams of between three and five postal workers operating from a van in bursts of 15 to 20 minutes each. The scheme would see postal deliveries taking four hours rather than the 2.5-hour norm.
Read MoreA record 72 million items of mail were posted last year with addresses which were incomplete, inaccurate, illegible, or left off altogether, the Post Office revealed today. The amount of so-called “undeliverable” mail increased by 18% last year.
Read MoreRoyal Mail has now been delivering nine out ten First Class letters the next working day after posting for nine consecutive months, Consignia said today. The company announced that Royal Mail’s First Class mail quality of service result for February and March was 91.6 per cent against a licence target of 92.1 per cent. Second Class mail achieved 98.9 per cent, exceeding its target by 0.4 per cent and Special Delivery – Royal Mail’s guaranteed service – achieved 99.1 per cent, just ahead of target.
Read MoreALLAN LEIGHTON has won his first important battle as chairman of Consignia and persuaded the postal regulator to delay the onset of competition in its core market.
His tactic was straightforward: he opened the books and showed just how precarious was the position the business had been allowed to deteriorate into under its previous management. “Frightening” was the word used by Postcomm’s Graham Corbett to describe the picture that Leighton put before him.
Read MorePostcomm today began consultation on the proposed issue of short-term licence to Speedmail International Ltd. Speedmail wishes to provide mailroom services for businesses, collecting mail from Consignia, pre-sorting it and delivering it direct to individuals at clients’ premises. It also wants to deliver letters connected with publications to the London postcodes in which it already delivers.
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