Unattended access 'for under £20' – Home Delivery
An unattended home-delivery solution costing consumers just £20 – that’s the tantalising proposition being put forward by AHome4it, a new contender in this increasingly crowded market.
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Bidders gear up for Consignia
The Independent, has reported that “bidders are lining up for the pounds 300m-a-year contract to manage the vehicle fleet of Consignia, the new name for the Post Office. Earlier this month it was announced that state-owned Consignia would outsource its fleet, which includes the 40,000 cars and vans within Parcelforce and Royal Mail.”
Read MoreConsignia: Hays licence is threat to universal postal service
The Independent, has reported that Consignia (the British post office) warned yesterday that its ability to provide a universal postal service was under threat after the industry’s regulator took the historic step of granting the first licence to a competitor. Senior managers at the state-owned Consignia, formerly known as the Post Office, declared last night that Hays Commercial Services was being allowed to cream off the most lucrative trade. It is the first time the British mail service has encountered competition since the initial monopoly was granted in 1654. Hays has been given a year-long licence to deliver business documents before 8am in parts of London, Edinburgh and Manchester, which have been the preserve of the Royal Mail.
Read MoreLicence awards leave Royal Mail facing death by a thousand cuts
ARE WE about to witness the death, by a thousand cuts, of the Royal Mail? Yesterday Hays, the distribution and logistics company, was awarded the first licence to operate against Royal Mail. But no sooner had the regulator signed off Hays’s licence to operate business services in London, Manchester and Edinburgh than two other would-be rivals popped up – UK Mail a division of Business Post and Deya
Read MoreCWU attacks licence for privateer. Regulator encourages destruction of universal mail service
POSTAL workers’ union CWU condemned industry regulator PostComm’s decision
yesterday to license privateer Hays to deliver business mail. CWU national officer Pat O’Hara warned: “They are not just allowing but
encouraging a commercial firm to cream off the profitable business.” Hays was given a year-long licence to deliver business documents before 8am in
parts of London, Edinburgh and Manchester.
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