The Department of Trade and Industry is expected to give its verdict this week on a report by the Royal Mail into its finances over the next five years. The dossier was with the DTI before the General Election and will set the scene for the Government’s own review of the future of the Post Office. The DTI is likely to give its seal of approval to the document’s findings.
Read MoreDHL Global Mail is expanding its national business-to-business network to bolster plans to cover 80 per cent of the UK by June next year.
The company is opening a mail hub in Birmingham, just a few weeks after setting up a northern division in Warrington, Cheshire.
The Warrington arm represented DHL’s first opening since the acquisition of business mail specialist Smartmail International last year. DHL also plans to open a distribution centre in Sheffield in August, and increase its London coverage in the autumn.
During the first half of 2006, it will open centres in Scotland, Northampton and Watford, claiming it will create a nationwide, end-to- end network. Tony Allsop, head of Smartmail Citispeed services at DHL, explains: “We’ve made a significant investment in our network, as we believe Birmingham is a key strategic location in our bid to build a significant postal network.
Read MoreUK Postcomm today (23 June 2005) began a 30 day consultation on the proposed issue of a long term licence to Intercity Communications Ltd, to provide bulk mail services, consolidation (collection and sorting of mail) and tracked business-to-business services.
Read MoreA new mail centre has opened in the West Midlands which is set to create 20 jobs. DHL Global Mail said the complex – handling and distributing business-to-business mail – would challenge Royal Mail in the wake of deregulation. Located in Sutton Coldfield, it will employ up to 20 people initially, and is expected to double in size over the next year. The new service, called Smartmail Citispeed, offers mail collection from any business in the UK, and delivery within designated postcodes in the Midlands, London, and the North-west. The Birmingham operation is the second DHL mail centre to open in six weeks, following one in the North West in April.
Read MorePostcomm, the industry regulator, is to be pressed by small businesses to curb Royal Mail’s prices because of concerns over the postal service. Royal Mail is opposed to price cuts but the regulator has said that it is profitable enough for customers to be able to share the benefits.
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