The Royal Mail is revising its proposals on size-based pricing after consultations with the magazine industry.
The proposals – which looked at replacing the pricing system, which is largely based on weight, with a size and weight-based structure – sent shockwaves through the publishing world when they were announced last year.
Such changes would mean that a tabloid-size magazine would be charged more than an A5 format title.
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Read MoreThe US Direct Marketing Association has noted that while the U.S. market is split between the U.S. Postal Service and delivery companies like United Parcel Service, FedEx and Airborne Express, Royal Mail’s hold in Britain is stronger against private competition. The government service delivers letters daily to 27 million addresses across the British Isles. It delivers 30 percent of all domestic home-shopped items. More importantly, Royal Mail fulfills 60 percent of local online orders.
Read MoreThe Government is in jeopardy of forcing even more freight off rail and on to the roads with its latest proposals for Railtrack’s replacement, according to the country’s largest freight operator. EWS, which employs 6,000 people, has told rail regulator Tom Winsor that it is “extremely disturbed” by some of Network Rail’s plans. In a letter to Mr Winsor, EWS says that “the new structure of the industry discriminates against freight operators and rail freight”.
Read MoreDeutsche Post is set to go on with its continuous growth strategy with the acquisition of Italian parcel operator Casa di Spedizioni Ascoli. This is not the only deal Deutsche Post has in the pipeline, as the acquisition of the remaining 50% of Securicor Distribution could also follow.
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