Royal Mail's burden seen as benefit
BRITAIN’S NEW postal regulator has ruled that the Royal Mail’s obligation to deliver to every address in the country is a net benefit and that even deliveries to remote rural areas are profitable.
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Royal Mail advertising campaign to promote direct mail
The Royal Mail has embarked on a nationwide fully integrated
campaign aiming to emphasise the importance of integrated marketing
for successful e-commerce. The press-only campaign is to feature in
all national broadsheets as well as financial and marketing titles,
such as Marketing Week and The Economist, with adverts driving
traffic to the Royal Mail website.
Milkmen set to cream off post delivery business
Letters could be collected and delivered by milkmen or supermarkets under plans to increase competition in postal services, it was suggested yesterday.
Read MoreUniversal delivery burden ruled to benefit Royal Mail
Britain’s new postal regulator has ruled that the Royal Mail’s obligation to deliver to every address in the country is a net benefit and that even deliveries to remote rural areas are profitable. The findings mean that PostComm is likely to sanction much more extensive competition to the Royal Mail’s postal monopoly than previously thought.
Read MorePostal watchdog has more bite
Plymouth businessman Charles Howeson was appointed on January 1 to spearhead the newly created South West branch of the Consumer Council for Postal Services (CCPS).
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