Tag: Royal Mail

'SECOND POST? IT NEVER EXISTED'

Posted by | Nov 25, 2001 | |

THE new boss of the Royal Mail has denied she is scrapping the second post – because, she says, it never existed in the first place. Although three million letters drop through letterboxes each day after 2pm, former Avon lady Gillian Wilmot – in a public relations exercise worthy of a New Labour spin doctor – insisted that the second delivery was ‘a myth’. She said: ‘What we have is a sweeper service that picks up mail we should have delivered first time round.

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Regulator licenses Deya to beat postal strikes

Posted by | Nov 21, 2001 | |

THE POSTAL regulator Postcomm has licensed a private company, Deya, to deliver essential mail in the event that postal workers go on strike.
This is the first time the regulator has given the go-ahead for a rival operator to deliver letters specifically in the event of industrial action at the Royal Mail.

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Postwatch & public's reaction to abolition of 2nd delivery

Posted by | Nov 21, 2001 | |

Most of the country couldn’t care less about the news that the Royal Mail is thinking of abolishing its second daily delivery, and charging extra to businesses that want their letters and parcels delivered before 9.30am. Even Postwatch, the official watchdog, has welcomed the announcement, saying that it is good that Consignia is looking at all the options.

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Royal Mail offers public choice of collection points

Posted by | Nov 15, 2001 | |

Royal Mail is to offer consumers the opportunity to collect their mail from railway stations and post offices as part of a radical overhaul of the way post is delivered in the UK.
Under plans being developed by Royal Mail’s Business and Consumer Markets managing director Gillian Wilmot, customers will be able to decide where they want their mail delivered. The project is aimed at making the business more customer-focused.

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Consignias bright ideas are worthy but do users care?

Posted by | Nov 15, 2001 | |

If you have to tell others that you’re interesting, it’s likely the opposite is true. This is the situation that Consignia finds itself in – repeatedly.

The name change itself tells much of the story. The two businesses that most people, had they a wish to, could define as ‘the postman’ and ‘the post office’ have reinvented themselves under a modern-sounding umbrella brand for a new competitive era.

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