2002
December | November | October | September | August | July | June | May | April | March | February | January
December:
- 23rd - decision document
- Licences under the Postal Services Act 2000. A further defined activity of tracked business-to-business services (pdf, 182KB)
- 23rd- standard long term licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to bulk mail operators, consolidators and for certain defined activities (pdf, 393KB)
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm adds tracked business mail to standard licence.
- 23rd - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Hays Commercial Services Limited (pdf, 436KB)
- 23rd - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to TPG Post UK Limited on 23 December 2002 (pdf, 464KB)
- 23rd - decision statement
- Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Licences granted to Hays Commercial Services Ltd and TPG Post UK Ltd (pdf, 111KB)
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm awards the first standard licences to Hays and TPG.
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm acts to enforce business mail improvements.
- 23rd - final order
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 22. Final Order (pdf, 73KB).
- 20th - direction
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc. Condition 1, Direction designating exceptional conditions and circumstances (pdf, 160KB).
- 13th - modifications to proposed final order
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 27. Notice in relation to proposed modifications to a proposed final order (pdf, 48KB)
- 10th - news release
- Postcomm advises on the European Postal Services Directive.
- 9th - Postcomm's advice on the European Postal Directive
- Implementation of the European Directive on postal services in the UK. Postcomm's advice to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (pdf, 272KB)
- 9th - Postcomm's advice on the European Postal Directive: covering letter
- Covering letter from Graham Corbett, then chairman of Postcomm, to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (pdf, 15KB)
- 5th - consultation reponses
- Responses to Postcomm's "Review of Consignia plc's price and service quality regulation (pdf, 1.4MB)
- 5th - consultation responses
- Responses to Postcomm's "Review of Consignia plc's price and service quality regulation: a compensation scheme (pdf, 407KB).
- 5th - WS Atkins efficiency study of Consignia's inland letters business
- Excised version of an efficiency study of Consignia's inland letters business (pdf, 2.1MB).
November:
- 29th - annual report
- Postcomm annual report 2001-02 (pdf, 372KB)
- 29th - news release
- Postcomm publishes its annual report.
- 21st - Price control issues Royal Mail paper 1 of 6
- The performance of the UK inland mails business of Consignia (pdf, 519KB)
- 21st - Price control issues Royal Mail paper 2 of 6
- Consignia's comments in April 2002 on "The impact of liberalisation on efficiency. A survey." A report prepared for Postcomm by Frontier, January 2002 (pdf, 410KB)
- 21st - Price control issues Royal Mail paper 3 of 6
- Allowed profit I: Cost of capital - for the UK inland mails business of Consignia (pdf, 424KB)
- 21st - Price control issues Royal Mail paper 4 of 6
- Allowed profit II: regulatory asset base - for the UK inland mails business of Consignia (pdf, 227KB)
- 21st - Price control issues Royal Mail paper 5 of 6
- Volume risk I: Forecast errors - for the UK inland mails business of Consignia (pdf, 296KB)
- 21st - Price control issues Royal Mail paper 6 of 6
- Volume risk II: Cream-skimming entry - for the UK inland mails business of Consignia (pdf, 219KB)
- 18th - Powerpoint review of Royal Mail Group plc's compensation scheme
- Review of Royal Mail Group plc price and service quality regulation. A compensation scheme (pdf, 79KB)
- 12th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Hays Commercial Services Ltd, draft licence (pdf, 446KB)
- 12th - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Hays Commercial Services Limited (pdf, 70KB)
- 12th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to TNT UK Limited, draft (pdf, 485KB).
- 12th - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to TNT UK Limited (pdf, 70KB)
- 12th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to TPG Post UK Limited - draft (pdf, 475KB)
- 12th - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to TPG Post UK Limited (November 2002) (pdf, 71KB)
- 12th - news release
- Postcomm consults on standard licence applications from Hays, TNT UK and TPG Post UK.
- 12th - long term licence application form
- Form of application for licence under Section 11 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (pdf, 275KB)
- 12th - news release
- Postcomm publishes its standard postal licence.
- November 2002
- Postcomm's advice to the Secretary of State on the European Postal Directive (pdf, 272KB). Details of the results of Postcomm's consultation on how best to implement the directive. More information on the Postal Services Directive is in the legal framework section of the site.
October:
- 24th - consultation document
- Memorandum of Understanding between Postcomm and the Office of Fair Trading (pdf, 242KB).
- 24th - news release
- Postcomm consults on working arrangements with the OFT.
- 23rd - licence modification
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modification of conditions of the licence granted to UK Mail Limited (pdf, 81KB)
- 23rd - decision document
- Modification to the licence granted to UK Mail Limited (pdf, 127KB)
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm modifies UK Mail's licence.
- 22nd - notice of a proposed enforcement order
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 26. Notice in relation to a proposed final order (pdf, 292KB)
- 22nd - news release
- Postcomm tells Consignia to try harder.
- 15th - news release
- Postcomm consults on tracked business mail.
- 3rd - proposals document
- Review of Consignia plc’s Price and Service Quality Regulation: A Compensation Scheme (pdf, 474KB)
- 3rd - proposals document
- Review of Consignia plc's price and service quality regulation. Proposal for a second price control (pdf,1.6MB)
- 3rd- proposals document - technical annexes
- Review of Consignia plc's price and service quality regulation. A proposals document - technical annexes (pdf, 1.2MB)
- 3rd - news release
- Postcomm consults on a price and performance package to benefit customers and Consignia.
- 1st - consultation responses
- Responses to Consignia licence condition 1 - exceptions to the universal service obligation (pdf, 297KB).
September:
- 30th - Post Office network report
- Postcomm's second annual report on the post office network (pdf, 1.5MB).
- 30th - news release
- Time to act on the Post Office network, says Postcomm.
- 30th - Post Office research
- Serving the Community VI - Post Offices' vulnerable customers in rural and urban deprived areas (pdf, 217KB)
- 30th - Post Office research
- Serving the community V - the effect of Post Office closures (pdf, 132KB)
- 30th - Post Office research
- Serving the Community IV - future business for Post Offices in rural and urban deprived areas (pdf, 113KB)
- 30th - Post Office research
- Serving the Community III - Post Offices in rural and urban deprived areas with no other shops or services (pdf, 60KB)
- 24th - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to TPG Post UK Limited on 24 September 2002 (pdf, 95KB)
- 24th - decision document
- Licence granted to TPG Post UK Limited (pdf, 119KB)
- 24th - news release
- Postcomm grants an interim licence to TPG Post UK Limited.
- 24th - licence modification
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modification of conditions of a licence granted to TNT UK Limited (pdf, 9KB)
- 24th - decision document
- Modification to licence granted to TNT UK Limited (pdf, 21KB).
- 24th - modified licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Amended licence granted to TNT UK Limited on 21 June 2001 (incorporating modifications up to and including 18 March 2004) (pdf, 180KB)
- 24th - news release
- Postcomm agrees licence modification for TNT.
- 19th - news release
- Postcomm to hold three public meetings in Scotland.
- 4th- consultation document
- Implementation of the European Directive on postal services in the UK (pdf, 520KB).
- 4th - news release
- Postcomm consults on new European Postal Services Directive.
August:
- 29th - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Notice of a proposal to modify the conditions of a licence granted to UK Mail Limited (pdf, 92KB)
- 29th - news release
- Postcomm consults on a licence modification for UK Mail.
- 28th- licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Limited (pdf, 348KB)
- 28th - decision doucment
- Licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd (pdf, 201KB)
- 28th- news release
- Postcomm grants an interim licence to Deutsche Post.
- 12th - letter to Royal Mail
- Licence Condition 4, End of year service quality performance (pdf, 124KB)
- 12th- news release
- Services Improve, but Consignia breaches its licence.
July:
- 26th - news release
- Regulators publish statement on joint working.
- 25th - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Express Limited on 25 July 2002 (pdf, 389KB)
- 25th - decision document
- Licence granted to Express Limited (pdf, 134KB).
- 25th - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 396KB)
- 25th - decision document
- Licence granted to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 153KB).
- 25th - news release
- Postcomm grants two new interim licences.
- 25th - licence modifications
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modification of conditions of licence granted to Hays Commercial Services Limited (pdf, 79KB)
- 25th - licence modification
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modification of conditions of licence granted to TNT UK Limited (pdf, 78KB)
- 25th - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Notice of a proposal to modify the conditions of a licence granted to TNT UK Limited (pdf, 83KB)
- 25th - news release
- Postcomm agrees licence modification for TNT.
- 25th - decision document
- Modifications to licences granted to Hays Commercial Services Ltd and TNT UK Ltd (pdf, 151KB)
- 25th - news release
- Postcomm issues modified licences to Hays and TNT.
- 25th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to TPG Post UK Limited - draft licence (pdf, 392KB)
- 25th - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to TPG Post UK Limited (July 2002) (pdf, 81KB)
- 25th - news release
- Postcomm consults on an interim licence for TPG Post UK Limited.
- 9th - consultation document
- Consignia licence condition 1 - exceptions to the universal service obligation (pdf, 963KB)
- 9th - news release
- Postcomm proposes clearer rules for exceptions to the universal postal service.
- 4th - news release
- Postcomm consults on terms and conditions for its standard postal licence.
- 1st - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd - draft (pdf, 391KB)
- 1st - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd (pdf, 81KB)
- 1st - news release
- Postcomm consults on a interim licence for Deutsche Post.
- July 2002 - Postcomm's response to "Opening the Post"
- Postcomm's comments on the National Audit Office's January 2002 report (pdf, 312KB).
June:
- 25th - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Special Delivery Services Limited on 25 June 2002 (pdf, 387KB)
- 25th - decision document
- Licence granted to Special Delivery Services Limited (pdf, 208KB)
- 25th - news release
- Postcomm awards short term licence to SDS.
May:
- 29th - decision document
- Promoting effective competition in UK postal services (pdf, 223KB).
- 29th - decision document - summary
- Promoting effective competition in UK postal services - a summary (pdf, 45KB).
- 29th - news release
- Postcomm gives Consignia an extra year to adjust to full competition.
- 28th - Approach to an efficiency review of economic regulators
- Paper from WS Atkins Planning and Management Consultants Ltd exploring the difficulties associated with assessing the efficiency of economic regulators like Postcomm (pdf, 943KB).
- 27th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Speedmail International Limited - draft (pdf, 377KB)
- 27th - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 69KB)
- 27th- news release
- Postcomm consults on an interim licence for Speedmail.
- 24th - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Express Limited (pdf, 10KB)
- 24th- draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Express Limited - draft (pdf, 58KB)
- 24th - news release
- Postcomm consults on an interim licence for Express Dairies.
- 24th - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Notice of a proposal to modify the conditions of a licence granted to Hays Commercial Services Limited (pdf, 86KB)
- 24th - licence modification
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Notice of a proposal to modify the conditions of a licence granted to TNT UK Limited (pdf, 84KB)
- 24th- news release
- Postcomm consults on licence modifications for Hays and TNT.
- 22nd - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Securicor Omega Express Limited on 22 May 2002 (pdf, 123KB)
- 22nd - decision document
- Decision to grant a licence to Securicor Omega Express Limited (pdf, 66KB)
- 22nd - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to London Underground Limited on 22 May 2002 (pdf, 118KB)
- 22nd - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Datarun on 22 May 2002 (pdf, 121KB)
- 22nd - decision document
- Licence granted to Daniel Albert Charlesworth trading as Datarun (pdf, 66KB).
- 22nd- news release
- Postcomm issues three more interim licences.
- 21st - Andersen report on Consignia's response to an analysis of its financial performance
- Review of Consignia's response to "Sensitivity analysis of the impact of liberalisation on the financial performance of Consignia and its business segments, 31 January 2002. A report for Postcomm. (pdf, 140KB)
- 20th - consultation responses
- Responses to the "Price Control review for Consignia plc" consultation document (pdf, 302KB).
- 16th - decision document
- A code of practice governing the discharge of Postcomm's functions (pdf, 156KB).
- 16th - decision document with explanatory notes
- A code of practice governing the discharge of Postcomm's functions. A decision document with explanatory notes (pdf, 116KB).
- 16th - consultation responses
- Responses to the consultation document " A code of practice governing the discharge of Postcomm's functions" (pdf, 115KB)
- 8th - Frontier Economics reponse to Consignia's comments
- Response to Consignia's comments. A note by Frontier Economics.(pdf, 54KB) Summarises Frontier Economics' response to Consignia's comments on Frontier Economics' report: "The impact of liberalisation on efficiency: A survey".
- 1st - initial assessment of OXERA report from Professor Anthony Steele, Warwick Business School
- Review of deriving a base cost NPV for Consignia (pdf, 17KB).
- 1st - memorandum of understanding
- Memorandum of Understanding between Postcomm and Postwatch (pdf, 94KB)
- May 2002 - responses to January 2002 market opening proposals
- Responses to "Postcomm's proposals for promoting effective competition in UK postal services" consultation document (pdf, 622KB).
April:
- 25th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Special Delivery Services Limited - draft (pdf, 64KB)
- 25th - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Special Delivery Services Limited (pdf, 10KB)
- 15th - news release
- Postcomm consults on an interim licence for SDS.
- 10th - news release
- Postcomm to hold public meeting in Enniskillen.
March:
- 28th - forward work plan
- Postcomm 2002 forward work plan (pdf, 110KB)
- 27th - decision document
- Exceptions under Section 7 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (pdf, 119KB)
- 27th - news release
- Postcomm agrees licence exception for CRESTCo but will consult again on election mail.
- 26th - decision document and determination order
- Consignia licence condition 20, Postcode Address File code of practice. A decision document and determination order (pdf, 111KB).
- 26th - news release
- Postcomm sets out new rules for postcode changes.
- 21st - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Securicor Omega Express (pdf, 10KB)
- 21st - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Securicor Omega Express DRAFT (pdf, 97KB)
- 21st - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of proposals to grant a licence to London Underground Limited (pdf, 12KB)
- 21st - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to London Underground Limited draft (pdf, 80KB).
- 21st - consultation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Danial Albert Charlesworth trading as Datarun (pdf, 13KB)
- 21st - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Datarun, draft. (pdf, 93KB)
- 21st - news release
- Postcomm sets out three new interim licences.
- 14th - interim direction
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Consignia plc Condition 1. Direction designating exceptional conditions and circumstances (pdf, 36KB)
- 13th- news release
- Postcomm extends competition consultation deadline to 12 April.
- 5th - Andersen report on the impact of liberalisation on Consignia's financial performance
- Sensitivity analysis of the impact of liberalisation on the financial performance of Consignia and its business segments: a report prepared on behalf of Postcomm (pdf, 3.9MB)
- 5th - news release
- Postcomm not "ready to retreat".
February:
- 25th - decision document
- Financial penalties. A decision document and statement of policy (pdf, 133KB).
- 25th - news release
- Postcomm sets up financial penalty regime.
January:
- 31st - consultation document
- Postcomm's proposals for promoting effective competition in UK postal services (pdf, 488KB)
- 31st - consultation document - summary
- Postcomm's proposals for promoting effective competition in UK postal services, a summary (pdf, 39KB)
- 31st - Andersen report on the impact of liberalisation
- Sensitivity analysis of the impact of liberalisation on the financial performance of Consignia and its business segments: a summary report prepared on behalf of Postcomm by Andersen (pdf, 190KB)
- 31st - news release
- Postcomm proposes three-step plan to full mail market opening.
- 20th - Postal Services Commission. Efficiency review: final report
- Report from WS Atkins Planning and Management Consultants Ltd assessing Postcomm's efficiency and including a comparison with other regulators (pdf, 1MB).
- January 2002 - Competition Working Group - summary of members' views
- Summary of views (pdf, 37KB)
- January 2002 - Frontier report on the impact of liberalisation
- The impact of liberalisation on efficiency: a survey. A report prepared for Postcomm (pdf, 193KB)
- January 2002 - "Opening the Post: Postcomm and postal services - the risks and opportunities
- Report from the National Audit Office. Looks at the risks and opportunities Postcomm faces as it considers how and when to open the UK postal market to competition. (Postcomm statement (pdf, 7KB)).
