2006

December:

December - consultation response (zonal pricing): Royal Mail's response to September 2006 consultation document "Zonal pricing by Royal Mail" (pdf, 76KB)

29th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000. Section 11. Licence granted to DHL Global Mail (UK) Limited on 29 December 2006 (pdf, 261KB)
29th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission decision statement. Grant of licence to DHL Global Mail (UK) Limited (pdf, 16KB)
29th - news release: Postcomm issues new licence to DHL Global Mail (UK) Limited.
29th - extension of direction: Postal Services Act 2000. Sections 4 and 11. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc. Condition 2. Direction designating geographical conditions and other circumstances as exceptional (pdf, 15KB)
28th - news release: One year on from full liberalisation - customers are benefiting and operators, including Royal Mail, are rising to the challenges.
21st - consultation response: Postwatch response to DHL Global Mail (UK) Limited licensing consultation (pdf, 24KB).
20th - draft business plan 2007-2008: Draft business plan 2007-2008 (pdf, 274KB)
20th - covering letter: Covering letter to stakeholders (pdf, 61KB) from Richard Moriarty (draft business plan 2007-2008)
20th - news release: Postcomm business plan 2007-2008
14th - news release: Postcomm welcomes Government's 'first step' on Post Offices.
13th - direction: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 38. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc Schedule 2, Part 2, Condition 7. Direction for the purpose of permitting the trial of a service known as Courier Collect (pdf, 29KB).

November:

30th - consultation document: Royal Mail's compensation schemes for Delay and Loss and Damage (pdf, 386KB).
30th - news release: Postcomm consults on Royal Mail’s ‘complicated’ compensation schemes.

24th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Mercury International Limited (pdf, 49KB).
24th - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. DRAFT licence for Mercury International Limited (pdf, 257KB).
24th - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Mercury International Limited
24th - scope of anti-competitive behaviour investigation: Complaint about Royal Mail's Business Mail Secure service (pdf, 25KB)
21st - consultation letter: Request for an exemption from notification requirements for Royal Mail's Sameday service (pdf, 99KB).
21st - news release: Postcomm reviews Royal Mail request on notice period for changes to Sameday service.
20th - consultation responses (redirections): Responses to the August consultation document 'Sharing redirection data, Postcomm's proposals to facilitate a multi operator redirection service'.
Royal Mail (pdf, 92KB),
other licensed operators (pdf, 94KB),
consumer bodies and trade associations (pdf, 84KB),
other non-confidential responses (redirections) (pdf, 136KB).

14th - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to The Mailing House Group Limited (pdf, 257KB).
14th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to The Mailing House Group Limited (pdf, 18KB).
14th - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for The Mailing House Group Limited.

3rd - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Red Star Parcels Limited (pdf, 258KB).
3rd- decision statement: Postal Services Commission decision statement. Grant of licence to Red Star Parcels Limited (pdf, 16KB).
3rd - consultation response (licensing): Consultation response from Postwatch to Red Star long term licence (pdf, 19KB).
3rd - news release: Postcomm issues new licence to Red Star Parcels Limited.
2nd - news release: Postcomm welcomes the reappointment of Chairman Nigel Stapleton.

October:

31st - competitive market review 2006: Competitive Market Review 2006 (pdf, 1.4MB).
31st - business customer survey 2006: Business Customer Survey 2006 (pdf, 445KB).
31st - Competitive Market Review and Business Customer Survey 2006 summary document: Competitive Market Review and Business Customer Survey 2006 summary document (pdf, 86KB).
31st- news release: Postcomm research finds that competition has delivered early benefits but greater progress needed.
31st - Royal Mail application: An application for a direction from Postcomm for standard tariff machineable large letters (pdf, 103KB)
18th - direction: Postal Services Act 2000. Sections 11 and 38. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc. Schedule 2 Part 2 Condition 21. Direction for the purpose of the determination of the maximum prices for access services (pdf,43KB).
18th - spreadsheets: Spreadsheets for the determination of prices for Royal Mail's access services following the introduction of Pricing in Proportion (Excel, 989KB). These spreadsheets comprise the Excel Workbook referred to in Postcomm's direction dated 18 October 2006.
17th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Zip Mail Limited (pdf, 256KB).
17th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission decision statement. Grant of licence to Zip Mail Limited (pdf, 16KB).
17th - consultation response (Zip Mail Licence): response from Postwatch to Zip Mail consultation (pdf, 199KB).
17th - news release: Postcomm issues new licence to Zip Mail Limited.
16th - consultation responses (Royal Mail's participation in competitive tenders): response from Postwatch (Royal Mail's participation in competitive tenders) (pdf, 31KB), response from Mail Competition Forum (MCF) (Royal Mail's participation in competitive tenders) (pdf, 36KB).
12th - Post Office network report: Postcomm's sixth annual report on the post office network 'Post Offices at the crossroads' (pdf, 3MB).
12th - news release: Government must decide quickly the future of a Post Office Network that is ‘at the crossroads’.
12th - Post Office urban reinvention - one year on (pdf, 1.2MB): Postcomm commissioned NERA Economic Consulting with assistance from Accent to conduct stage 2 of the review of the urban reinvention programme. The review was conducted to see, a year on from the initial review, if anything had changed for customers, subpostmasters, and POL. The review looked at the differences between branches in areas where there is a closure nearby (less than a mile) and those that do not have a closure close by. This time, however, the research also looked at Post Offices that were due to close under the urban reinvention closure programme, but were not allowed to close. The study did not look at the directly managed branches. (Please note this publication is only available electronically).
11th - consultation response (Royal Mail's participation in competitive tenders): Royal Mail's response to July 2006 consultation document (pdf, 89KB).
9th - consultation document: A Review of Royal Mail’s Collection and Delivery Times – The needs of users in relation to collection and delivery times (pdf, 291KB).
9th - summary document: A Review of Royal Mail’s Collection and Delivery Times – The needs of users in relation to collection and delivery times - A summary document (pdf, 27KB).
9th - news release: Postcomm consults on Royal Mail’s collection and delivery times.
5th - condition 9 guidelines - decision document: Guidelines for customers requesting access to Royal Mail's postal facilities (pdf, 184KB).
October 2006 - COMMentary: Postal Services Commission Newsletter, issue 8 (pdf, 205KB).

September:

21st - consultation document: Royal Mail’s Proposed Changes to the Special Delivery Next Day Service (pdf, 234KB).
21st - Royal Mail application: Royal Mail’s Application to make changes to its Special Delivery Next Day service, including a proposal for the introduction of a Special Delivery High Value product (pdf, 92KB).
21st - news release: Postcomm reviews Royal Mail proposals to change its Special Delivery Next Day service.
14th - news release: Postcomm imposes penalty on Royal Mail for securing unfair commercial advantage.
12th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of proposal to grant a licence to Zip Mail Limited (pdf, 17KB).
12th- news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Zip Mail Limited.
11th - consultation document: Zonal Pricing by Royal Mail (pdf, 142KB).
11th - news release: Postcomm consults on zonal pricing by Royal Mail.

August:

24th - imposition of penalty: Royal Mail’s Mail Integrity Procedures: Imposition of Penalty (pdf, 75KB).
24th - news release: Postcomm imposes penalty on Royal Mail for failing to protect mail.
23rd - report from Postcomm's Post Office Debate: This report (pdf, 178KB) attempts to capture the mood set by the speakers, the questions and answers on the day, as well as feedback from forms completed by the audience and responses to Postcomm's dedicated email address by those who were unable to attend. More information on The Post Office Debate.
18th - decision document and direction: Exceptions to Royal Mail's universal collection service (pdf, 434KB).
14th - consultation document: Sharing redirection data, Postcomm's proposals to facilitate a multi-operator redirection service (pdf, 1.6MB).
14th - news release: Postcomm consults on a redirection service for the competitive mail market.
9th - summary: Summary from Postcomm’s Strategy Review Consultation Document “The postal market - 2010 and beyond: Key questions for stakeholders” (pdf, 85KB). This is the Summary and Chairman’s foreword from Postcomm’s Strategy Review consultation document.
9th - consultation document: Postcomm’s Strategy Review Consultation Document “The postal market - 2010 and beyond: Key questions for stakeholders” (pdf, 791KB). This is the complete version of Postcomm’s Strategy Review consultation document.
9th- news release: Postcomm looks to a strong future for postal services.
9th - consultation responses (Royal Mail's mail integrity procedures: proposed variation of penalty): Royal Mail's response (pdf, 396KB),
Postwatch's response (pdf, 429KB).
8th - consultation document: Policy Review on Exceptions to Royal Mail's Universal Service Obligation for Delivery Services: A consultation document (pdf, 502KB).
4th - condition 9 responses - responses to consultation document: Responses to Postcomm's "Condition 9 - Guidelines: guidelines for customers requesting access to Royal Mail's postal facilities" (pdf, 510KB).
August 2006 - factsheets: Postcomm's series of downloadable factsheets.

July:

31st - consultation responses (management of the Postcode Address File (PAF)): Response from Royal Mail, July 2006 (pdf, 153KB),
response from Improvement and Development Agency (pdf, 51KB),
response from Local Government Information House (pdf, 42KB),
other non-confidential responses (management of the Postcode Address File) (pdf, 5MB).
25th - Royal Mail representations: Royal Mail's representation to the document 'A complaint about Royal Mail's offer of zonal downstream access: second report and decision of the Postal Services Commission' (pdf, 435KB).
12th - second report and decision of the Postal Services Commission: Condition 10 of Royal Mail's licence: Prohibition against obtaining unfair commercial advantage. A complaint about Royal Mail's offer of zonal downstream access (pdf, 350KB).
12th - news release: Postcomm proposes to vary its penalty on Royal Mail for securing unfair commercial advantage.
11th- consultation document: Guidance from the Postal Services Commission: Royal Mail's participation in competitive tenders (pdf, 103KB).
11th - news release: Postcomm explains Royal Mail's tendering procedures.
6th - news release: Postcomm welcomes new Commissioners.
5th - application for zonal pricing: Application by Royal Mail under licence condition 21 for approval to offer geographic zonal prices for bulkmail services (pdf, 128KB).
5th - annual report: Postcomm annual report 2005-06 (pdf, 512KB).
5th - news release: Postcomm publishes its annual report for 2005-06.

June:

22nd - case closure decision: Postcomm case closure decision on investigation into Royal Mail's use of network capacity (pdf, 123KB).
21st - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to ANC Limited (pdf, 257KB).
21st - decision statement: Postal Services Commission decision statement. Grant of licence to ANC Limited (pdf, 16KB).
21st - consultation responses (ANC licence): response from Postwatch (ANC licence) (pdf, 147KB).
21st - news release: Postcomm issues new licence to ANC Limited.
19th - legal direction (Pricing in Proportion): Most of the detail that was required to allow Royal Mail to proceed with Pricing in Proportion, following the decision by the Postal Services Commission, was put in place by the licence modifications that followed the completion of Royal Mail's Price and Service Quality review 2006-2010. This document is the legal direction (pdf, 35KB) which deals with the communications issue that was not dealt with in this way.
16th - Royal Mail's revised licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modifications to the conditions of the licence held by Royal Mail Group Plc 2006-06-16 (pdf, 509KB). This document explains the changes that have been made to the proposed licence modifications published on 31 March 2006.
16th - consultation responses to December 2005 final proposals (price control 2006-2010): response from Royal Mail, June 2006 (pdf, 2MB),
response from Direct Marketing Association (DMA) (pdf, 51KB),
response from Jane Newell (pdf, 4MB),
response from Mail Competition Forum (MCF) (price control 2006-2010) (pdf, 104KB),
response from Mail Users' Association (MUA) (pdf, 79KB),
response from Postwatch (price control 2006-2010) (pdf, 611KB),
response from Communication Workers Union (CWU) (pdf, 683KB).
16th - consultation responses to March 2006 Licence modifications proposals (price control 2006-2010): response from Postwatch, March 2006 licence modification proposals (pdf, 30KB),
response from MCF to March 2006 licence modification proposals (pdf, 64KB).
16th - report: Royal Mail's mail integrity procedures: proposed variation of penalty (pdf, 237KB).
16th - penalty notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 30, 32 and 33. Notice of variation of proposed financial penalty to be paid by Royal Mail Group plc (pdf, 24 KB).
16th - news release: Postcomm confirms penalty on Royal Mail for failing to protect mail.
15th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Challenger Security Services (Admin) Ltd (pdf, 257KB).
15th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Challenger Security Services (Admin) Ltd (pdf, 17KB).
15th - consultation responses (Challenger licence): response from Postwatch (Challenger Licence) (pdf, 77KB),
response from Mr S Henderson (pdf, 13KB).
15th - news release: Postcomm issues new licence to Challenger Security Services (Admin) Ltd.
7th - condition 9 guidelines - consultation documents: Guidelines for customers requesting access to Royal Mail’s postal facilities (pdf, 128KB).

May:

31st - Royal Mail's revised licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modifications to the conditions of the licence held by Royal Mail Group Plc 2006-05-31 (pdf, 436KB).
31st - news release: Commissioner changes at Postcomm.
25th - Royal Mail's licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Amended licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc (formerly Consignia) on 23 March 2001 and amended on 25 May 2006 (pdf, 350KB).
3rd - Postcode Area Investigation: Postwatch representation (pdf, 195KB).
3rd - Postcode Area Investigation: Royal Mail representation (pdf, 118KB).
3rd - Postcode Area Investigation: Communication Workers Union representation (pdf, 398KB).
May 2006 - COMMentary: Postal Services Commission Newsletter, issue 7 (pdf, 165KB).

April:

26th - final decision: Royal Mail's quality of service performance. Final decision on investigation by Postcomm into performance in seven postcode areas (pdf, 176KB).
26th - notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 30, 31 and 32. Notice of imposition of financial penalty to be paid by Royal Mail Group Plc (pdf, 24KB).
26th - news release: Postcomm confirms postcode penalty of £271,000.
12th - decision statement: Reporting guidelines for "Serious Incidents" (pdf, 85KB).
12th - decision document and recommendations: Competitive market review: Tackling barriers to entry in postal services (pdf, 235KB).
12th - news release: Postcomm publishes decision document on tackling barriers to entry in the postal services.
10th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to ANC Limited (pdf, 16KB).
10th - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to ANC Limited. DRAFT (pdf, 257KB).
10th - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for ANC Limited.
3rd - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Secured Mail Limited (pdf, 257KB).
3rd- decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Secured Mail Limited (pdf, 16KB).
3rd - consultation response: response from Postwatch (Secured Mail Limited) (pdf, 58KB).
3rd - news release: Postcomm issues new licence to Secured Mail Limited.

March:

31st - business plan: Postcomm Business Plan 2006 (pdf, 280KB).
31st - news release: Postcomm's business plan.
31st - proposed licence modifications: Royal Mail's price and service quality review 2006-2010. Licence modification proposals (pdf, 1.2MB).
31st - news release: Postcomm publishes proposed licence modifications for Royal Mail.
24th - revocation notice for various postal operators: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Notice to revoke licences granted to various postal operators (pdf, 27KB).
24th - news release: Postcomm revokes old licences.
15th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Challenger Security Services (Admin) Limited (pdf, 17KB).
15th - draft licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Challenger Security Services (Admin) Limited. DRAFT (pdf, 327KB).
15th - news release: Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Challenger Security Services.
14th - news release: Postcomm confirms price and service quality controls for Royal Mail.

February:

24th - Responses to Competitive Market Review 2005: response from Communication Workers Union (pdf, 495KB),
response from Postwatch (Competitive Market Review 2005) (pdf, 75KB),
response from Royal Mail, February 2006 (pdf, 54KB),
summary of responses (pdf, 75KB).
17th - report and decision of the Postal Services Commission: Condition 10 of Royal Mail's licence: Prohibition against obtaining unfair commercial advantage. A complaint about Royal Mail's downstream access (pdf, 347KB).
17th - news release: Postcomm issues enforcement order and proposes £2.16million penalty on Royal Mail for securing unfair commercial advantage over new operators.
17th - LECG report: Future efficient costs of Royal Mail's regulated mail activities. Bottom-up review of Royal Mail's strategic plan. Final conclusions, excised version (pdf, 564KB).
16th - licence: Postal Services Act, Section 11. Licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 257KB).
16th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of licence to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd (pdf, 16KB).
16th - consultation responses: Response from Postwatch (Deutsche Post) (pdf, 58KB),
response from Mr Andrews (Deutsche Post) (pdf, 13KB).
16th - news release: Postcomm issues new licence.
10th - mail integrity report: Royal Mail's mail integrity procedures: report on review by Postcomm (pdf, 737KB).
10th - postcode areas report: Royal Mail's quality of service performance: report on investigation by Postcomm into performance in seven postcode areas (pdf, 832KB).
10th - notice of proposed financial penalty: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 30, 31 and 32. Notice of a proposed financial penalty to be paid by Royal Mail Group Plc (pdf, 752KB).
10th - news release: Postcomm proposes penalties of £11.7m on Royal Mail for failures in customer service.
8th - consultation document: Postcomm's proposal for the future management of the PAF (pdf, 468KB).
8th - news release: Make postcode file more accessible says Postcomm.
3rd - report by Frontier Economics: Market share analysis for Postcomm's final price control proposals (pdf, 427KB).
February 2006 - fact sheet: UK postal market fact sheet (pdf, 177KB).
February 2006 - COMMentary: Postal Services Commission Newsletter, issue 6 (pdf, 192KB).

January:

31st - direction: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 4 and 11. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc, Condition 1. Direction designating geographical conditions and other circumstances as exceptional (pdf, 15KB).
30th - postcomm policy document: Postcomm Whistleblower's policy (pdf, 74KB).
26th - LECG report, Top down final conclusions: A top down assessment of Royal Mail's future efficient cost path based on a review of the performance of other postal operators, firms in other regulated industries, and of Royal Mail's own historic performance (pdf, 135KB).
26th - LECG report, Base year and Baseline final conclusions: An assessment of Base year costs and Baseline for Royal Mail's UK inland mails, outgoing international and downstream access products over the period of 2005/06 to 2009/10 (pdf, 96KB).
26th - news release: Postcomm not to appeal JR.
20th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to TNT Mail UK Limited, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 256KB).
20th - decision statement: Decision statement to grant a licence to TNT Mail UK Limited (pdf, 17KB).
20th - consultation response (licences): Consultation response from Postwatch (licences) (pdf, 80KB).
20th - licence: Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to UK Mail Limited, with effect from 1 January 2006 (pdf, 256KB).
20th - decision statement: Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to UK Mail Limited (pdf, 17 KB).
20th - consultation response: Consultation response from Postwatch (UK Mail) (pdf, 87KB).
20th - news release: Postcomm issues new licences to TNT Mail and UK Mail.
18th - news release: Royal Mail's stamp price increases.
13th - draft licence: Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd draft licence (pdf, 299KB).
13th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd (pdf, 16KB).
13th - news release: New Licensing consultation VII - DHL Global Mail (Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd) (pdf, 436KB).
13th - draft licence: Secured Mail Limited draft licence (pdf, 290KB).
13th - consultation notice: Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Secured Mail Limited (pdf, 16KB).
13th - news release: Postcomm consults on a new licence for Secured Mail Limited.
9th - news release: Market opening in Europe: have your say.
4th - supplementary paper, proposed licence modifications: 2006 Royal Mail price and service quality review: Final proposls (pdf, 426KB).

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