Secure Mail Services Limited (formerly Special Mail Services)
Contact Details:
Secure Mail Services
PO Box 390
Northampton
NN3 6YG
Tel: 01604 782806
Fax: 08702 642 822 (sales and marketing)
Email: salesenquiries@securemail.co.uk.
Complaints should be addressed to customer services.
Secure Mail Services Limited was first granted a licence on 24 August 2004. The licence (pdf, 257KB) was re-issued on 20 December 2005 to take in to account the new licensing arrangements that came in to effect on 1 January 2006 when the UK mail market was fully opened to competition. Following the publication of the January 2008 Decision document “Amendment of the 2006 Licensing Framework” (pdf, 277KB), Conditions 9 and 10 of the licence modified (pdf, 47KB) on 19 March 2008.
In accordance with the establishment of Consumer Focus, the abolition of Postwatch on 30 September 2008 and the transfer of its functions to Consumer Focus, several modifications were required to the licence for example to remove references to Postwatch. Following the issue of a proposals notice in August 2008, Postcomm modified the licence (pdf, 55 KB) in December 2008.
Under the new licensing arrangements:
- Secure Mail Services must comply with the mail integrity code and the common operational procedures code.
- licensed area mail carried by Secure Mail Services will, unless exempted, carry a unique mail identification code marking Secure Mail Services as the licensed operator responsible for carrying it.
More details on the licensing consultation for Secure Mail Services.
