Tag: UK

UK Royal Mail accepts price control

Posted by | Mar 18, 2006 | |

Royal Mail said yesterday it was “minded to accept” the final version of a four-year price control to 2010 that was proposed by its regulator this week. The state-owned postal operator said it would inform customers next week of price changes taking effect next month. The move represents a softening of the negotiating stance adopted by Royal Mail, which had earlier signalled it would reject the price control unless the government first agreed to its request for Pounds 2bn of state money. Negotiations with ministers over this funding are still continuing.

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UK express market size

Posted by | Mar 17, 2006 | |

We have learnt that the PMA (Parcel Market Analysis) – with collected data from all carriers – currently has market size info as follows:

Next day £2.1 billion
2 day £ 181.7 million
” day plus (i.e. 3 days) £22.5 million
TOTAL £2.3 billion

No figures for International and we are clarifying the same day number which doesn’t seem right

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UK Royal Mail develops personalised stamps

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

In a bid to boost flagging postal revenue, Royal Mail is allowing customers to stamp their identity on letters with a new Web site, developed by Proximity London, that gives users the opportunity to create personalised stamps by submitting digital photos. Sean Tweddell, digital strategy and planning director at Royal Mail, said, “UK consumers increasingly want personalised products and services and Smilers fit with that demand.”

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PPA wins Postcomm price dispute

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

The PPA has won its battle with Postcomm over price controls for magazine delivery service Presstream. Postal regulator Postcomm is to keep the second-class system, Presstream 2, within price controls for a further four years. The removal of Presstream 2 would have significantly increased publishing costs and filtered down to printers, negatively impacting paginations and run lengths.
“This decision enables all subscription orientated magazine publishers to breathe a collective sigh of relief,” said PPA chief executive Ian Locks.

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Deutsche Post buy of Williams Lea cleared by EU

Posted by | Mar 15, 2006 | |

The European Commission said it has cleared the acquisition by Deutsche Post AG of Williams Lea Ltd. The deal was cleared under the EU’s simplified merger procedure, a regulatory process use in cases which the commission considers are unlikely to raise competition concerns.

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