Tag: Royal Mail

Post watchdog delays delivery (Opinion)

Posted by | May 30, 2002 | |

ALLAN 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.

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Postcomm consults on interim licence for Speedmail

Posted by | May 27, 2002 | |

Postcomm 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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Dairies seek mail licence

Posted by | May 25, 2002 | |

Express Dairies has applied for a licence to deliver letters and parcels with the morning milk.
If Postcomm, the regulator, grants the application, the company will be given a 12-month licence to carry up to 4.6m items a year.

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Clients and agencies slam Royal Mail pricing scheme

Posted by | May 24, 2002 | |

Royal Mail’s plans to introduce a new pricing system based on size – not just weight – have been attacked by both agencies and clients and will, according to one agency chief, “stifle creativity and damage the direct mail medium”.
The proposal, first revealed in Precision Marketing last month (PM April 5), has been put forward by managing director of business and consumer markets Gillian Wilmot. It is not known whether the Media Markets division supports the initiative.

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Royal Mail seeks Union with Mailing Houses

Posted by | May 24, 2002 | |

Royal Mail is aiming to develop closer relationships with the UK mailing house sector by launching a new scheme encouraging them to promote the medium to advertisers.
The Mailing Agents Programme is part of continued efforts by Royal Mail’s Media Markets division to stabilise the relationship it has with mailing houses and establish its commitment to backing the mail medium in the face of increasing competition.
Around 300 mailing houses have been invited to join the free scheme, by offering a commission rate for new business won from referrals and for successful new marketing ideas.

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