German postal firm Deutsche Post is to begin mail services in the UK, dealing with pre-sorted and sorted mail from collection points.
About 90 per cent will be passed to Consignia for delivery.
The firm’s year-long licence limits the annual amount it can carry to 40 million items.
Rentokil Initial interim results for 6 months to 30 June 2002.
Read MoreDeutsche Post has become the first of the big foreign postal operators to attempt to show the loss-making Royal Mail that it can deliver the post more efficiently. The German company yesterday was awarded an interim licence from the regulator Postcomm, pitting against the likes of Hays and Express Dairies’ milk floats in the battle to provide an alternative to Royal Mail.
Read MorePostcomm today began consultation on an application from UK Mail Ltd for a modification to its interim postal licence. If granted, the modification would enable the company to provide a full postal service to an unrestricted range of existing customers in the event of serious industrial disruption to the universal service.
Read MoreFollowing consultation, Postcomm today issued a short-term licence to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd. The licence, which runs for one year, will enable Deutsche Post to provide a mail service to a small group of new clients and existing clients of the company’s cross-border postal services between customers in different member states of the European Union.
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