Tag: UK

EC gives TPG space on German and UK postal markets

Posted by | Apr 11, 2006 | |

The European Commission (EC) wants to give TPG Post, the mail business of Dutch mail and logistics group TNT NV, and other foreign competitors an equal chance on the German and UK postal markets while abolishing the payment of value added tax (VAT) on mail services, the EC said on April 10, 2006. An exemption from VAT on these markets has been granted only to the former monopolists Deutsche Post and Royal Mail for most of their services. According to the European Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs (fiscal affairs), the VAT differences are not in line with the European Union (EU) competition rules.

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Royal Mail under attack by Europe

Posted by | Apr 11, 2006 | |

The European Commission began moves towards possible legal action against Britain yesterday, accusing it of giving Royal Mail unfair tax advantages over its rivals. Brussels is challenging a UK decision to exempt most of Royal Mail’s activities from VAT, although the tax has to be paid by companies offering the same services. Similar legal action is being brought against Germany. Announcing the move, Laszlo Kovacs, the Taxation Commissioner, insisted that any VAT exemption for postal services had to be properly applied to “minimise distortions of competition in a liberalised market between former monopolies and market entrants”. Under European legislation, former postal monopolies have not had to pay VAT if they provided general services of public interest, such as the delivery of letters for the same price anywhere in their country. In Britain, Royal Mail is regarded as a universal service provider and as being entitled to exemption from VAT.

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Amtrak extends web for international deliveries

Posted by | Apr 10, 2006 | |

Amtrak Express Parcels last month launched a range of international express services that can be booked and tracked via the web.
Shipments can be booked and labels printed in the same way as for domestic collections. The system now captures all the special information required for international deliveries, and automatically generates proforma and commercial invoices.

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Mailing Houses: Tough lessons in deregulation

Posted by | Apr 10, 2006 | |

Postal liberalisation is revolutionising the UK’s mailing house market. It may put smaller firms out of business and encourage consolidation, but canny operators that rise to the challenge will survive and could even benefit from the competition, writes Alex Blyth.

The mailing house as we know it is becoming a thing of the past.

Postal deregulation, which came into force on 1 January, will change the shape and nature of the industry forever. It will put some mailing houses out of business, and many of the smaller ones will need to merge or align themselves with postal carriers in order to survive. Those who do survive will find their role significantly altered, as clients increasingly ask them for advice on which postal carrier to use. Quite simply, this is an issue that no-one in the mailing house sector can afford to ignore.

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Postcomm consults on a long term licence for ANC Limited

Posted by | Apr 10, 2006 | |

Postcomm today began a 30-day consultation on the proposed issue of a long-term licence to ANC Limited.

Under the new licensing framework that took effect from 1 January 2006, ANC Limited’s licence would:

allow it to provide all types of postal service;
be issued for a rolling ten year period
require the company to comply with codes of practice on mail integrity (safety and security of the mail) and common operational procedures (designed to ensure the multi-operator market works well in practice).

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