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2004

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December:

13th - revised memorandum of understanding: Revised memorandum of understanding between Postcomm and the Office of Fair Trading (pdf, 122KB).
13th - news release: Postcomm and the Office of Fair Trading update their agreed practice on working arrangements.
13th - consultation document: Notice of a proposed direction for Royal Mail to prohibit the carriage of firearms (pdf, 190KB).
13th - news release: Royal Mail asks for a ban on firearms by post.
December 2004 - non-confidential responses to the September 2004 competitive market review consultation document: response from Amicus CMA (pdf, 57KB),
response from British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), September 2004 competitive market review (pdf, 74KB),
response from Communication Workers' Union (CWU), September 2004 competitive market review (pdf, 1.1MB),
response from Direct Marketing Association (DMA) on market review consultation (pdf, 53KB),
response from Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce (pdf, 409KB),
response from Intellect (pdf, 39KB),
response from Mail Users' Association (MUA), September 2004 competitive market review (pdf, 53KB),
response from Postwatch, September 2004 Competitive Market Review (pdf, 45KB),
response from Postmasternetwork (pdf, 29KB),
response from Periodical Publishers' Association (PPA) (pdf, 45KB),
response from Royal Mail (pdf, 257KB),
response from Special Mail Services (pdf, 44KB),
response from TPG (pdf, 28KB),
response from Trades Union Congress - Southern and Eastern regional council (SERTUC) (pdf, 494KB),
response from WWAV Rapp Collins (pdf, 94KB).
9th - guidance for licence applicants: Guidance for postal services licence applicants (pdf, 182KB).
2nd - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Mail Plus Limited (pdf, 50KB).
2nd - draft licence: Draft licence for Mail Plus Limited (pdf, 187KB).
2nd - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Mail Plus Limited.

November:

30th - consultation document: Licences under the Postal Services Act 2000. Licensing framework in a fully open market (pdf, 131KB).
30th - news release: Postcomm proposes a licensing framework for the fully open market.
30th - responses to special privileges consultation document: summary of responses (pdf, 41KB),
response from Age Concern England (pdf, 26KB),
response from Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) (pdf, 223KB),
response from Charity Finance Directors Group (CFDG) (pdf, 25KB),
response from Direct Marketing Association (DMA) (pdf, 684KB),
response from European Express Association (EEA) (pdf, 52KB),
response from Institute of Fundraising (pdf, 26KB),
response from Mail Users' Association (MUA) (pdf, 52KB),
response from Postwatch, November 2004 (pdf, 74KB),
response from Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) (pdf, 25KB),
response from Royal Mail, November 2004 (pdf, 47KB),
response from CWU and Amicus (pdf, 2MB).
24th - Frontier Economics Report: Scope of the price control (pdf, 782KB). Aims to help Postcomm identify which products should be included in the price control and determine whether separate sub-controls should be introduced for different product groups.
18th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd (pdf, 182KB).
18th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd (pdf, 57KB).
18th - consultation responses (Alternative Mail and Parcels licence): response from Postwatch (pdf, 68KB).
18th - news release: Postcomm grants a long term licence to AMP.
15th - news release: Company fined £17,000 for delivering mail services without a licence.
4th - consultation document: Royal Mail's intention to introduce different prices for public tariff customers depending on payment method (pdf, 122KB).
4th - covering letter: Royal Mail's intentions to introduce metered/PPI discounts (pdf, 73KB).
4th - news release: Postcomm seeks views on Royal Mail's plans to charge more for stamps than for franked mail.
2nd - news release: Postcomm steps up its drive for full competition.

October:

29th - next steps following April 2004 consultation: Royal Mail's proposal to implement size based pricing - next steps following Postcomm's first consultation (pdf, 10KB).
29th - note on access agreement notified by Royal Mail: Royal Mail access agreement notified on 15 October (pdf, 35KB).
25th - Post Office network report: Postcomm's fourth annual report on the Post Office network (pdf, 1.5MB).
25th - news release: Postcomm's perspective on building a viable Post Office network.
25th - The future of the rural Post Office network (pdf, 391KB).: Analysis by Future Foundation of the demand for and future sustainability of services and products provided by Post Offices. The report also looks at the options for different levels of service provision in different types of rural communities.
25th - Cost-benefit analysis of the rural Post Office Network (pdf, 588KB).: Research report from consultants NERA and RAND Europe providing valuations of local rural Post Office services and an assessment of whether valuations differed between various sectors of the population.
13th - news release: Postcomm appoints Sarah Chambers as its new CEO.
6th - responses to Competitive Market review consultation letter of May 2004: response from British Chamber of Commerce (BCC), May 2004 Competitive Market Review consultation letter (pdf, 74KB),
response from Communication Workers' Union (CWU), May 2004 Competitive Market Review consultation letter (pdf, 52KB),
response from Direct Marketing Association (DMA) (pdf, 650KB),
response from Grattan (pdf, 68KB),
response from Postwatch, May 2004 Competitive Market Review consultation letter (pdf, 39KB),
response from Royal Mail, May 2004 Competitive Market Review consultation letter (pdf, 40KB),
response from UPS (pdf, 408KB),
response from Mr JR Yates (pdf, 223KB).

September:

29th - consultation document: Competitive market review. Proposals for consultation (pdf, 478KB).
20th - consultation document: A revised market opening timetable. Proposals for consultation (pdf, 450KB).
20th - news release: Postcomm proposes a faster route to ending Royal Mail's monopoly.
20th - consultation document: 2006 Royal Mail price and service quality review. Consultation on principles (pdf, 697KB).
15th - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd - draft (pdf, 182KB).
15th - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd (pdf, 50KB).
15th - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd.
13th - annual report: Postcomm 2003-04 Annual Report (pdf, 291KB).
13th - news release: Postcomm publishes its annual report.
6th - consultation responses: Responses to the November 2003 consultation document 'Assessing competitiveness in postal services: Postcomm's proposed criteria. (pdf, 154KB).
6th - consultation responses: Responses to March 2004 consultation document '2006 Royal Mail Price and Service Quality Review – Consultation about Process, Timetable and Main Issues for the Review' (pdf, 170KB).

August:

24th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Special Mail Services Limited (pdf, 239KB).
24th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Special Mail Services Limited (pdf, 57KB).
24th - consultation responses: Responses on consultation to grant a licence to Special Mail Services Limited (pdf, 47KB).
24th - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to SMS.
24th - licence revocation: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Special Delivery Services Limited (pdf, 45KB).
13th- consultation responses: Responses to the consultation document 'Royal Mail's proposal to implement size based pricing' (pdf, 1.2MB).
10th - news release: Postcomm consults on Welsh Language Scheme/Postcomm yn ymgynghori ar ei Gynllun laith Gymraeg.
August 2004: The UK postal regulatory regime - success or failure? (pdf, 119KB). Summarises what has happened to Royal Mail's volumes, service quality, prices and profits while it has been under Postcomm's regulatroy control.

July:

14th - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Speedmail International Ltd modified licence (pdf, 190KB).
14th - licence modification: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modification of condition of a licence granted to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 57KB).
14th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Modification of licence granted to Speedmail International Ltd (pdf, 42KB).
14th - consultation responses: Responses to consultation on modification of Speedmail International Limited's licence (pdf, 56KB).
14th - news release: Postcomm modifies Speedmail International's long term licence.
July 2004 - COMMentary: Postal Services Commission Newsletter, Issue 3 (pdf, 116KB).

June:

23rd - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to DX Network Services Ltd licence (pdf, 195KB).
23rd - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to DX Network Services Ltd (pdf, 59KB).
23rd - consultation responses: Responses to consultation on proposals to grant a long term licence to DX (Document Exchange) Ltd (pdf, 45KB).
23rd - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to DX Network Services Ltd.
23rd - revocation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Hays Commercial Services Limited (pdf, 45KB).
16th - consultation document: Royal Mail's management of the PAF (pdf, 322KB).
16th - news release: Postcomm consults on management of the PAF.
8th - decision document: The UK's universal postal service (pdf, 305KB).
8th - news release: Postcomm spells out the universal postal service.
8th - consultation responses: responses to "Review of the universal postal service: Postcomm's proposals (pdf, 449KB).
6th - quality of service statistics: Royal Mail: Service Quality. Note summarises Royal Mail's quarterly and annual service quality statistics between April 2001 and March 2004 (pdf, 50KB).
2nd - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Special Mail Services Limited - draft (pdf, 281KB).
2nd - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Special Mail Services Limited (pdf, 52KB).
2nd - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for SMS.
June 2004 - non-confidential consultation responses: Non-confidential responses to Postcomm's consultation "Royal Mail management of the PAF", June 2004 (pdf, 1.8MB).

May:

May 2004 - requirement to furnish information: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11-13. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group Plc, Condition 16. Requirement to furnish information (pdf, 95KB).
27th - news release: Postcomm to probe Royal Mail's serious service quality failings.
27th - briefing: Briefing note on Royal Mail's quality of service issues (pdf, 28KB).
17th - consultation responses: Responses to Postcomm's 'Royal Mail licence condition 1 - Exceptions to the Universal Service Obligation - Collections' consultation document’ (pdf, 191KB).
11th - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Notice of a proposal to modify the conditions of a licence granted to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 60KB).
11th - news release: Postcomm consults on a modification to the long term licence granted to Speedmail International Ltd.
5th - Postcomm's licensing policy: Postcomm's licensing policy. A rough guide (pdf, 67KB).
5th - consultation letter: Your views on Postcomm's competitive market review (pdf, 122KB).
May 2004: The implications and consequences of the introduction of competition into the postal monopoly in the UK (pdf, 245KB). Dissertation by Nick Steven-Jones of Durham University.

April:

27th - consultation document: Royal Mail's proposal to introduce size based pricing (pdf, 993KB).
27th - summary: Royal Mail's proposal to introduce size based pricing - summary (pdf,136KB).
27th - leaflet: Does size matter to you? Your mail and size based pricing (pdf, 35KB).
27th - news release: Royal Mail wants size to matter.
14th - information request: 2006 Royal Mail price and service quality control review. Initial business plan questionnaire to Royal Mail (pdf, 522KB).
7th - news release: TPG deal "a significant step forward for mail competition" says Postcomm.
6th - news release: Postcomm welcomes Simone Bos as new Commissioner.

March:

31st - forward work plan: Postcomm 2004 forward work plan (pdf, 291KB).
31st - observations: Promoting effective competition in UK postal services through downstream access (pdf, 528KB).
31st - news release: Postcomm publishes its observations on Royal Mail's access agreement with UK Mail Ltd.
30th - decision document: Postcomm's consultation procedures. Review and modification (pdf, 168KB).
30th - news release: Postcomm revises its consultation procedures.
23rd - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to DX (Document Exchange) Limited - draft (pdf, 403KB).
23rd - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to DX (Document Exchange) Limited (pdf, 72KB).
22nd - news release: Postcomm consults on licence application from DX.
22nd - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd (pdf, 190KB).
22nd - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Limited (pdf, 91KB).
22nd - revocation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd (pdf, 61KB).
22nd - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd.
18th - consultation responses: Responses to the consultation on the modification of TNT UK's interim licence (pdf, 55KB).
18th - amended 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, 374KB).
18th - news release: Postcomm takes the limits off TNT's internal mail services licence.
17th - consultation document: 2006 Royal Mail price and service quality review. Consultation about process, timetable and main issues for the review (pdf, 371KB).
17th - news release: Postcomm sets timetable for Royal Mail's price control and service quality review.
12th- decision document: Review of Royal Mail's licence condition 20 - Postcode Address File code of practice (pdf, 347KB).
12th - news release: Postcomm reviews Postcode Address File code of practice.
11th - consultation document: Royal Mail licence Condition 1: exceptions to the universal service obligation - collections (pdf, 391KB).
11th - news release: Postcomm consults on exceptions to daily postal collections.
8th - The future of the rural Post Office network in Scotland (pdf, 679KB).: Presentation by Jeanette Darrell, Postcomm's former director of Network, to Postwatch Scotland.

February:

16th - Postcomm and Postwatch: Postcomm and Postwatch (pdf, 68KB). Note describing their different roles.
10th - news release: Postcomm welcomes access agreement.

January:

29th - news release: Royal Mail gives undertakings on tariffs and discounts.
28th - news release: Postcomm proposes modifications to TNT's mailroom services licence.
15th - news release: New chairman takes over at Postcomm.
13th - modified interim licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Amended licence granted to Speedmail International Limited on 25 July 2002 and amended on 13 January 2004 (pdf, 365KB).
13th - licence modification: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modification of conditions of a licence granted to Speedmail International Ltd (pdf, 49KB).
13th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Speedmail International Ltd on 13 January 2004 (pdf, 398KB).
13th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Speedmail International Limited and modification of interim licence (pdf, 59KB).
13th - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to Speedmail International and changes its interim licence.
12th - consultation document: A review of Royal Mail's special privileges (pdf, 704KB).
12th - news release: Postcomm examines Royal Mail's special privileges.
12th - news release: Postal market growing, with competition still to gain momentum, says Postcomm.

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