Postcomm’s review of postal competition has been anticipated for many months but the speed of the regulator’s proposals to break-up Consignia’s monopoly has taken almost everyone by surprise.
Read MoreConsignia’s deteriorating financial position left Postcomm with a dilemma. It could introduce competition slowly to allow managers to prepare by improving efficiency or it could speed up the process to give consumers more immediate alternatives if the historic problems of the Post Office proved intractable.
Read MoreAdministrators have been appointed for City Logistics Ltd, City Truck Group Ltd, City Truck Rental Ltd, City Trucks Ltd and City Truck Group Services Ltd following orders granted by the High Court on 10 January.
Read MorePostcomms Proposals for Promoting Effective Competition in UK Postal Services (Paper/Electronic)
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Read MoreAfter more than a decade of wrangling, the European Union is edging gradually towards more competition in the postal market.
The European parliament is due, in March, to vote on whether to back an agreement hammered out last October by ministers from the 15 EU member states. This would increase competition in postal services in two stages starting in 2003, before a review as to whether to open the market completely from 2009.
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