2005

December:

30th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Speedmail International Limited, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 290KB)
30th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 18KB)
30th - consultation response (Speedmail licence): Consultation response from Postwatch to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 74KB)
30th - news release: Postcomm issues new licence.
29th - news release: UK postal services market opens to full competition from January 2006.
22th - draft licence: Red Star Parcels draft licence (pdf, 293KB)
22th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Red Star Parcels Limited - December 2005 (pdf, 16KB).
22th - news release: New licensing consultation VI.
21th - draft business plan: Postcomm's draft 2006 Business Plan (pdf, 268KB)
21th - news release: Postcomm consults on draft 2006 Business plan.
21th - covering letter (draft business plan): Covering letter from Sarah Chambers to Stakeholders on Postcomm's 2006 Business Plan (pdf, 60KB).
20th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 290KB)
20th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd (pdf, 18KB)
20th - consultation response (licences): Consultation response from Postwatch to AMP licence (pdf, 84KB).
20th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to DX Network Services Limited, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 283KB)
20th- decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to DX Network Services Limited (pdf, 18KB)
20th - consultation response (licences): Consultation response from Postwatch to DX Network Services Licence (pdf, 80KB)
20th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Mail Plus Limited, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 282KB)
20th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Special Mail Services Ltd and Mail Plus Limited (pdf, 17KB)
20th - consultation responses (licences): Consultation response from Postwatch to Mail Plus Licence (pdf, 82KB)
20th - licence: Postal Services Act, Section 11. Licence granted to Secure Mail Services, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 257KB)
20th - news release: Postcomm issues four more new licences.
15th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Royale Research Ltd with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 294KB)
15th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Intercity Communications Ltd, Racer Consultancy Management Services Ltd, Royale Research Ltd and Target Express Parcels Ltd (pdf, 18KB)
15th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Intercity Communications Ltd, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 290KB)
15th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Racer Consultancy Management Services with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 290KB)
15th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Target Express Parcels Limited, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 295KB)
15th - news release: Postcomm issues four new licences.
7th - final proposals: 2006 Royal Mail price and service quality review: Final proposals (pdf, 1.8MB).
7th - news release: Postcomm proposes modest stamp rises to secure financing of the universal service.

November:

29th - draft licence: Speedmail International Limited draft licence (pdf, 298KB)
29th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 439KB)
29th - news release: New licensing consultation V.
25th - revocation notice: Notice to revoke licence granted to Express Limited (pdf, 44KB)
21st - draft licence: UK Mail draft licence (pdf, 293KB)
21st - consultation notice: Postal Services Act, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to UK Mail Limited (pdf, 16KB)
21st - news release: New licensing consultation IV.
18th - draft licence: DX Network Services Limited draft licence (pdf, 293KB)
18th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to DX Network Services Limited (pdf, 16KB)
18th - draft licence: TNT Mail UK Limited draft licence (pdf, 298KB)
18th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to TNT Mail UK Limited (pdf, 16KB)
18th - news release: New licensing consultations III.
16th - draft licence: Mail Plus Limited draft licence (pdf, 298KB)
16th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Mail Plus Limited (pdf, 16KB)
16th - draft licence: Special Mail Services draft licence (pdf, 293KB)
16th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Special Mail Services (pdf, 16KB)
16th - news release: New licensing consultations II.
14th - news release: Postcomm welcomes new chair of Postwatch.
14th - draft licence: Royale Research Limited draft licence (pdf, 298KB)
14th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Royale Research Ltd - November 2005 (pdf, 16KB).
14th - draft licence: Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd draft licence (pdf, 293KB)
14th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd (pdf, 16KB)
14th - draft licence: Intercity Communications Limited draft licence (pdf, 293KB)
14th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Intercity Communications Limited - November 2005 (pdf, 16KB).
14th - draft licence: Racer Consultancy Management Services draft licence (pdf, 293KB)
14th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Racer Consultancy Management Services Limited (pdf, 16KB)
14th - draft licence: Target Express Parcels Limited draft licence, November 2005 (pdf, 298KB)
14th - decision statement: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Target Express Limited (pdf, 16KB)
14th - news release: New licensing consultations.
11th - revocation notice: Notice to revoke licences granted to TNT UK Limited (pdf, 45KB).
10th - news release: Postcomm supports European Commission consultation on the postal sector.
9th - non-confidential responses to May 2005 consultation letter: A full summary of written responses to the letter and interviews conducted for the Competitive Market Review is available at Annex 1 of "Competitive Market Review. Proposals for tackling barriers to entry in postal services" (published on 1 November 2005). Anonymous response (pdf, 444KB); British Chambers of Commerce response (pdf, 44KB); Grattan response (pdf, 14KB); Norfolk Rural Community Council response (pdf, 186KB); Periodical Publishers' Association response (pdf, 48KB); Postwatch response to Competitive Market Review (pdf, 62KB).
3rd - news release: Changes to long term postal licences.
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to DX Network Services Ltd as amended on 2 November 2005 (pdf, 430KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd as amended on 2 November 2005 (pdf, 452KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Alternative Mail and Parcels Ltd as amended on 2 November 2005 (pdf, 423KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Intercity Communications Limited as amended on 2 November 2005 (pdf, 425KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Mail Plus Limited as amended on 2 November 2005 (pdf, 433KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Red Star Parcels Limited as amended 2 November 2005 (pdf, 414KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Racer Consultancy Management Services as amended 2 November 2005 (pdf, 424KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Special Mail Services as amended 2 November 2005 (pdf, 431KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Speedmail International Limited as amended 2 November 2005 (pdf, 439KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to TNT Mail UK Limited as amended on 2 November 2005 (pdf, 444KB)
2nd - modified licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to UK Mail Limited as amended on 2 November 2005 (pdf, 414KB)
2nd - licence modification: Postal Services Act, Section 14. Modification of conditions of a licence granted to the USO licence and the standard licences (pdf, 196KB)
2nd - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Modification of the conditions of the USO licence and the standard licences (pdf, 53KB).
1st - proposals: Competitive Market review. Proposals for tackling barriers to entry in postal services - full report (pdf, 938KB)
1st - executive summary: Competitive Market review. Proposals for tackling barriers to entry in postal services - executive summary (pdf,162KB)
1st - news release: Competition is starting to deliver, says Postcomm.

October:

21st - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Royale Research Limited (pdf, 241KB)
21st - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Royale Research Limited (pdf, 53KB)
21st - consultation responses (Royale Research Ltd licence): Response from Postwatch to Royale Research Ltd licence (pdf, 60KB), response from Harpenden Town Council (pdf, 84KB), response from Mr Simon Henderson (pdf, 87KB)
21st - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to CMS.
17th - Royal Mail consultation response to June 2005 initial proposals (price control 2006-2010): Introduction to response (pdf, 943KB),
main consultation response (pdf, 1.8MB),
annex 1 (pdf, 247KB),
annex 4 (pdf, 222KB),
annex 5 (pdf, 225KB),
annex 6 (pdf, 300KB),
annex 7 (pdf, 237KB),
annex 8 (pdf, 361KB),
annex 9 (pdf, 97KB),
annex 10 (pdf, 370KB),
annex 11 (pdf, 116KB),
annex 13 (pdf, 142KB),
annex 14 (pdf, 348KB),
annex 15 (pdf, 296KB),
annex 17 (pdf, 140KB),
annex 18 (pdf, 427KB),
annex 19 (pdf, 271KB)
17th - Royal Mail Pensions Trustees Ltd response to June 2005 initial proposals (price control 2006-2010): response from Royal Mail Pensions Trustees Ltd (pdf, 21KB)
17th - non Royal Mail consultation responses to June 2005 initial proposals (price control 2006-2010): response from Communication Workers' Union, June 2005 (CWU) (pdf, 110KB),
response from Direct Marketing Association (DMA) (pdf, 69KB),
response from Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) (pdf, 3.7MB),
response from Intellect, October 2005 (pdf, 37KB),
response from Mail Competition Forum (MCF) (pdf, 195KB),
response from Mail Users' Association (MUA), October 2005 (pdf, 105KB),
response from National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) (pdf, 42KB),
response from Periodical Publishers' Association (PPA) (pdf, 77KB),
response from Postwatch, October 2005 (pdf, 631KB),
response from Research International (pdf, 64KB),
response from Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) (pdf, 18KB).
14th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Target Express Parcels Limited licence (pdf, 236KB)
14th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Target Express Parcels (pdf, 61KB).
14th - consultation responses (Target Express licence): Consultation response from Postwatch to Target Express licence (pdf, 72KB)
14th - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to Target Express Parcels Limited.
14th- review of the Post Office Urban Reinvention Programme (pdf, 1.7MB): NERA Economic Consulting, with assistance from Accent research was commissioned to undertake a review of Post Office Ltd's network urban reinvention programme to evaluate its short and medium term economic and social effects on; Customers - both personal and small to medium sized businesses, subpostmasters, and Post Office Ltd. It also took into account the switch to Direct Payment of pensions and benefits and the introduction of new products at Post Offices. We intend to start stage 2 of this work in January 2006, to review the longer term trends as well as the position one year on. (Please note this publication is only available electronically)
13th - Post Office networks abroad executive summary (pdf, 546KB): This is Postcomm's second report on post office networks abroad, which provides an update on developments since 2003. It provides an update and overview of the common issues faced by post office networks abroad and how governments and postal operators have tackled them.
10th - Post Office network report: Postcomm's fifth annual report on the post office network (pdf, 2.1MB)
10th - news release: Postcomm calls for more innovation to create a viable rural Post Office network.
October 2005 - 2005 Business Customer survey: Views on the mail market from business users (pdf, 352KB). More information on survey results (plus appendices (pdf, 717KB)).
October 2005 - COMMentary: Postal Services Commission Newsletter, issue 5 (pdf, 138KB).

September:

29th - news release: Most businesses believe postal competition will deliver lower prices and better service.
24th - news release: Postal competition countdown: 100 days to go.

22nd - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Notice of proposal to modify the conditions of the USO licence and the standard licences (pdf, 317KB)
22nd - agreement: Postal common operational procedures agreement (pdf, 68KB)
22nd - news release: Postcomm to modify licences.
16th - application form and guidance notes: Form of application for licence under Section 11 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (pdf, 96KB)
9th - indicative pricing in proportion prices: Pricing in Proportion - indicative prices for response service items (as at September 2005) (pdf, 72KB).

August:

18th - decision document: Royal Mail's proposals for Pricing in Proportion (pdf, 973KB).
18th- decision document summary: Royal Mail's proposals for Pricing in Proportion, a summary (pdf, 136KB)
18th - news release: Postcomm allows Royal Mail to price post by size as well as weight.
17th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Intercity Communications Limited on 17 August 2005 (pdf, 98KB)
17th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Intercity Communications Limited (pdf, 21KB)
17th - consultation response (Intercity licence): response from Postwatch to Intercity licence (pdf, 130KB)
17th - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to Intercity Communications Limited.
15th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Red Star Parcels Limited on 15 August 2005 (pdf, 92KB)
15th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Red Star Parcels Limited (pdf, 21KB)
15th- consultation response (Red Star (Lynx Mail) licence): Response from Postwatch (pdf, 127KB)
15th - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to Red Star Parcels Limited (Lynx Mail).
8th - decision document: Licences under the Postal Services Act 2000: Licensing framework in a fully open market (pdf, 529KB)
8th - consultation responses: Responses to Postcomm's proposals for licensing framework in a fully open market (pdf, 2MB)
8th - news release: Postcomm publishes licence arrangements for a fully competitive mail market.
8th - code of practice: Protecting the integrity of mail - a code of practice (pdf, 95KB)
8th - decision document: Protecting the integrity of mail - A code of practice, decision document (pdf, 529KB).
8th - consultation responses: Responses to March 2005 consultation "Protecting the integrity of mail - A code of practice" (pdf, 618KB)
8th - decision document: Postal code of practice for common operational procedures (pdf, 1MB).
8th - consultation responses (common operational procedures code): Responses to the March 2005 consultation (pdf, 649KB)
4th - LECG report on Royal Mail's future efficiency: Future efficient costs of Royal Mail's regulated mail activities. Excised version (pdf, 2.3MB)
4th - Arthur D Little report on technology and innovation in the postal sector: Technology and innovation in the postal sector. A competitive market review. Report to Postcomm by Arthur D Little Limited (pdf, 511KB)
4th - Hymans Robertson report on Royal Mail pension costs: Report to the Postal Services Commission. Assessment of the funding of the Royal Mail pension plan for the purposes of the 2006 price review (pdf, 351KB)
August 2005 - european brief: Postcomm's brief on developments in liberalising countries (pdf, 116KB). Covers universal services, licensing and Post Office network issues in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.

July:

29th - consultation responses: Copies of non-confidential responses to the consultation document "Royal Mail's revised proposals for size-based pricing ('Pricing in Proportion')" - April 2005 (pdf, 1MB).
21st - news release: Postcomm's response to announcements on the mail industry.
14th - annual report: Postcomm 2004-05 annual report (pdf, 582KB)
14th - news release: Postcomm publishes its annual report.
8th - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Red Star Parcels Limited - July 2005 (pdf, 14KB)
8th - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Draft licence for Red Star Parcels Limited (pdf, 93KB)
8th - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Red Star Parcels.
6th - initial proposals for 2006 price control, supplementary document 3: Volume modelling for the price control. A report prepared for Postcomm by Frontier Economics (pdf, 620KB)
5th - initial proposals for 2006 price control, supplementary document 2: 2006 Royal Mail price and service quality review, initial proposals. Supplementary paper 2, issues regarding quality of service standards (pdf, 216KB).

June:

30th - decision document: Notice of a proposed direction for Royal Mail to prohibit the carriage of firearms (pdf, 179KB).
30th - news release: Transporting firearms by post - Postcomm's decision.
30th - decision document: The universal service for bulk mailers (pdf, 254KB).
30th - news release: Postcomm removes most bulk mail products from universal service.
28th - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Target Express Parcels Limited (pdf, 53KB)
28th - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Target Express Parcels Limited draft licence, June 2005. DRAFT. (pdf, 236KB)
28th - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Target Express.
27th - initial proposals for 2006 price control, supplementary document 1: 2006 Royal Mail price and service quality review, initial proposals. Supplementary paper 1, draft price control condition (pdf, 332KB)
23rd - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Intercity Communications Limited - June 2005 (pdf, 54KB).
23rd - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Draft licence for Intercity Communications Limited (pdf, 247KB)
23rd - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Intercity Commnuications Limited.
16th - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Royale Research Ltd - June 2005 (pdf, 53KB).
16th - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Draft licence for Royale Research Limited (pdf, 241KB)
16th - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Royale.
3rd - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Notice of a proposal to modify the conditions of a licence granted to Mail Plus Limited (pdf, 14KB)
3rd - news release: Postcomm consults on a change to Mail Plus Limited.
3rd - news release: Robin Aaronson reappointed as Postcomm Commissioner.
1st - initial proposals: 2006 Royal Mail price and service quality review (pdf, 1.3MB)
1st - news release: Postcomm proposes tighter price and service targets for Royal Mail.
1st - revised licence application form and guidance notes (pdf, 74KB): These relate to licences under the new licensing framework, coming into effect on or after 1 January 2006. Applications under this framework can be made at any time. Applications for licences under the existing framework, with start dates before 1 January 2006, will be accepted until 30 August 2005. The new framework has not yet been finalised and applications will be accepted on the basis that, if any changes are made to the application process, applicants will expected to comply with these requirements. Similarly, if any changes are made to the draft licence, any licence granted to the applicant will be on these terms. Applicants are, of course, free to withdraw their applications in such circumstances.

May:

26th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Racer Consultancy Management Services (pdf, 198KB)
26th- decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Racer Consultancy Management Services (pdf, 25KB)
26th - consultation responses: Consultation response (pdf, 62KB)
26th - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to Racer Consultancy Management Services.
24th - consultation letter: "Your views on Postcomm's competitive market review 2005" (pdf, 89KB)
24th - background paper: "Postcomm competitive market review" (pdf, 59KB)
19th - proposals document: Licences under the Postal Services Act 2000: Licensing framework in a fully open market. A proposals document (pdf, 588KB)
19th - news release: Postcomm proposes new licensing arrangements for postal operators.
11th - industry letter: Letter to the Industry on postal code of practice for common operational procedures (pdf, 198KB).

April:

29th - Frontier Economics report on Royal Mail size-based pricing application figures: Evaluating the format switching and price elasticity estimates used by Royal Mail in their size-based pricing application. Final report prepared for Psotcomm by Frontier Economics (pdf, 975KB)
7th - news release: Postcomm welcomes Wanda Goldwag as new commissioner.
5th - consultation document: Royal Mail's proposals for size based pricing ('Pricing in Proportion') (pdf, 965KB).
5th - annexes to consultation document: Royal Mail's revised proposals for size-based pricing ('Pricing in Proportion'). Annexes to Postomm's consultation document (pdf, 2.8MB
5th - news release: Postcomm 'minded to' accept Royal Mail's revised proposals to restructure its prices.
April 2005 - Frontier Economics Report: Frontier Economics report: "Process and costs of misdirected mail" (pdf, 666KB).

March:

March 2005 - forward work plan: Postcomm 2005-08 forward work plan (pdf, 156KB)
March 2005 - corporate strategy: Postcomm corporate strategy 2005-08 (pdf, 129KB)
31st - decision document and recommendations: Tackling barriers to entry in postal services (pdf, 358KB).
31st - news release: Postcomm do more to encourage competition.
22nd- report on investigations by Postcomm: Royal Mail's quality of service performance. Report on investigations by Postcomm. Undertakings by Royal Mail (pdf, 579KB)
22nd - news release: £60 million returned to postal customers in compensation.
22nd - consultation responses (licensing framework): response from the Association of International Couriers and Express Services (AICES), March 2005 (pdf, 25KB),
response from the Communication Workers' Union (CWU), March 2005 (pdf, 1.8MB),
response from the Diocese of Worcester (pdf, 13KB),
response from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), March 2005 (pdf, 51KB),
response from DX (pdf, 32KB),
response from the European Express Association (EEA), March 2005 (pdf, 18KB),
response from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) (pdf, 64KB),
response from Intercity (pdf, 416KB),
response from the Mail Competition Forum (MCF) (pdf, 71KB),
response from the Mail Users' Association (MUA), March 2005 (pdf, 35KB),
response from the Periodical Publishers' Association (PPA) (pdf, 2MB),
response from Postwatch, March 2005 (pdf, 2MB),
response from Racer (pdf, 1.4MB),
response from Regional Mail Services (pdf, 3MB),
response from Royal Mail, March 2005 (pdf, 72KB),
response from TPG, March 2005 (pdf, 21KB),
response from UK Mail (pdf, 54KB),
response from the Welsh Language Board (pdf, 35KB).
18th - consultation document: "Postal code of practice for common operational procedures" (pdf, 666KB).
18th - consultation document: Protecting the integrity of mail - a code of practice - consultation document (pdf, 618KB).
18th - news release: Postcomm proposes new codes of practice for a competitive market.
1st - consultation document: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 10 and 11. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Racer Consultancy Management Services (pdf, 51KB)
1st - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Draft licence for Racer Consultancy Management Services (pdf, 183KB)
1st - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Racer Consultancy Management Services.

February:

18th - decision document: Giving customers choice: a fully open postal services market (pdf, 301KB).
18th - news release: Royal Mail's monopoly to end on 1 January 2006.
18th - leaflet: Giving customers choice. The future for mail services (pdf, 67KB)
17th - licence: Licence for Mail Plus licence (pdf, 188KB)
17th - decision document: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Mail Plus Limited (pdf, 57KB)
17th - consultation responses: Responses on consultation to grant a licence to Mail Plus Limited (pdf, 40KB)
17th - news release: Postcomm issues a long term licence to Mail Plus Limited.
16th - report from Metaskil: Recommendations for handling misdirected customer service calls (pdf, 307KB)
February 2005 - COMMentary: Postal Services Commission Newsletter, issue 4 (pdf, 98KB).

January:

20th - Postcomm decision: Postcomm decision on Royal Mail's catalogue and advertising mail promotion scheme (pdf, 150KB). Part 4 of Royal Mail's licence: The promotion of effective competition between postal operators. Investigation into Royal Mail's catalogue and advertising mail promotion scheme. Decision of the Postal Services Commission.
20th - Royal Mail undertakings: Royal Mail undertakings following Postcomm's investigation of its catalogue and advertising mail promotion scheme (pdf, 709KB). Royal Mail Group plc licence under Section 11 of the Postal Services Act 2000 condition 11. Assurances given to the Postal Services Commission.
20th - news release: Royal Mail agrees to tighten its internal procedures following Postcomm's investigation into anti-competitive practices.
19th - news release: Successful 'mail dumping' prosecution for Postcomm.
14th - consultation responses (price control 2006-2010): responses to September 2004 consultation on principles (pdf, 834KB)
7th - scope of investigation: "Licensed operators" complaint about Royal Mail's zonal pricing for access (pdf, 64KB). This document outlines the scope of Postcomm's investigation.
7th - The customer experience (pdf, 581KB): This MORI research was conducted as a joint project by Postcomm and Postwatch, and looks at customers' experience in large urban Post Offices, concentrating on: queuing; the general post office environment; customer advice; the sending and receipt of packages.
Research focused on the differences between customers' experience in directly managed or Crown Post Offices (those managed by Post Office Limited) and in large franchise post offices (former Crown Offices).
January 2005 - non-confidential responses to September 2004 revised market opening timetable: response from Amicus CMA (pdf, 65KB),
response from the Association of International Couriers and Express Services (AICES), January 2005 (pdf, 19KB),
response from the Communication Workers Union (CWU), January 2005 (pdf, 1.3MB),
response from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), January 2005 (pdf, 46KB).
response from the European Express Association (EEA), January 2005 (pdf, 26KB),
response from Intellect, January 2005 (pdf, 38KB),
response from the Mail Users' Association (MUA), January 2005 (pdf, 52KB),
response from Postmasternetwork (pdf, 27KB),
response from Postwatch, January 2005 (pdf, 42KB),
response from Royal Mail, January 2005 (pdf, 167KB),
response from Special Mail Services (SMS) (pdf, 70KB),
response from TPG, January 2005 (pdf, 25KB),
response from the Trades Union Congress - Southern and Eastern Regional Council (SERTUC) (pdf, 523KB).
response from WWAV Rappp Collins Group (pdf, 86KB).
January 2005 - Postcomm Welsh Language Scheme: Prepared under the Welsh Language Act 1993 (pdf, 140KB)
Ionawr 2005 - Cynllun laith Gymraeg Postcomm: Paratowyd o dan Ddeddf yr laith Gymraeg 1993 (pdf, 142KB).

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