Postcomm has issued a consultation notice proposing the issue of a long term licence to Speedmail International Limited to provide bulk mail, consolidated mail and tracked business-to-business mail services. Speedmail already holds an interim licence, and Postcomm is also consulting on a change to this which will mean that Speedmail will continue to be able to provide mailroom services.
Read MoreUK postal company Royal Mail has predicted that there will be £3bn spent online in the four weeks leading up to Christmas.
The company goes on to state that this amount will be double what was spent last year and will mean that £15bn will have been spent online throughout 2003, again double the total for 2002.
Read MoreThe threat of a pre-Christmas strike by postal workers flared since it was confirmed that unions leaders in London were pressing for two 24-hour walkouts in a long-running row over pay.
The London divisional committee of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) is calling for strikes in the capital on December 19 and 22 in protest at lack of progress at talks aimed at resolving a number of issues, including pay and delivery patterns.
Read MoreNew passports will be delivered by secure courier from February in a effort to reduce the 3,000 which go missing each year, the Home Office said.
The UK Passport Service (UKPS) has signed a contract with Special Mail Services Ltd for the six million deliveries a year.
Some high risk areas – such as inner city postcodes – will require a signature on delivery.
Read MoreProgress in the reliability of letter deliveries has been “undermined” by last month’s unofficial strikes that led to a huge backlog of post, the Royal Mail said.
First-class letter reliability reached 92.7% in the three months to September, ahead of the 92.5% target and the best performance for 15 years.
But chief executive Adam Crozier warned that the wildcat strikes had put the year-end targets, taken next March, at risk.
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