Tag: UK

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's independence in extremely good health

Posted by | May 30, 2002 | |

Graham Corbett, Postcomm chairman, denied yesterday that the postal regulator’s independence had been compromised by its retreat from controversial plans to open the market to competition.

“My independence and that of the commissioners feels in extremely good health,” he said.

He dismissed “absolutely” the idea that the regulator had retreated. “It is one of those ‘heads you win, tails you lose’ situations. Either we listened, in which case we were accused of backtracking, or we did not listen and we were accused of being stiff necks.”

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Royal Mail monopoly: comment on delay

Posted by | May 30, 2002 | |

THE 12-MONTH delay in dismantling the Royal Mail’s monopoly, announced by the postal regulator yesterday, has bought Allan Leighton a little time, but it is not the triumph for the former Asda boss that some are suggesting. Considering all the blood curdling noises the Consignia chairman has made about the damage that competition will do to the business, a one-year stay of execution is small consolation.

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Post Con

Posted by | May 30, 2002 | |

A problem for ministers is that independent regulators can sometimes act more independently than expected. Postcomm, the postal regulator, is the latest to offend its political masters over its plan to phase in competition in the post from April. It has now pushed this back by a year, with Consignia, as the Post Office calls itself, and its unions claiming victory for their argument that the organisation is not yet robust enough to cope.

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New Consignia row looms

Posted by | May 30, 2002 | |

Another conflict was brewing last night between Consignia, the renamed Post Office, and its new regulator over the price Royal Mail can charge competitors for delivering mail over the “final mile”.
Sources said Consignia would expect to be paid around 20p a letter for sorting and delivering mail for rival operators – although discounts could be given for bulk mail. But consumer groups warned that access charges paid by competitors to use the Royal Mail network must be realistic. “No access means no competition,” they said last night.

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