2007
November | October | September | August | July | June | May | April | March | February | January
December:
- 20th - consultation responses (emerging themes)
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Communication Workers Union (pdf, 53KB)
Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (pdf, 82KB)
DX Network Services and Secure Mail Services Ltd (pdf, 22KB)
HM Revenues and Customs (pdf, 53KB)
Mail Competition Forum (pdf, 75KB)
Mail Users' Association (pdf, 76KB)
Postwatch (pdf, 236KB)
Royal Mail (pdf, 2826KB)
TNT UK Limited (pdf, 60KB)
UK Mail (pdf, 49KB) - 19th - direction
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 13. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc, Schedule 2, Part 3, Condition 7. Direction in relation to Royal Mail’s Branch Direct service (pdf, 39KB)
- 19th - direction
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 13. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc, Schedule 2, Part 3, Condition 7. Direction in relation to Royal Mail’s international contract (bulk mail) services (pdf, 43KB)
- 14th - news release
- Postcomm rejects Royal Mail's retail zonal pricing application
- 6th - news release
- Postcomm's proposals aim to simplify Royal Mail's compensation schemes
- 6th - proposals document
- Royal Mail's compensation schemes for delay and loss and damage (pdf, 597KB)
- 4th - RSW Geomatics Ltd report to Postcomm
- RSW Geomatics Ltd report (pdf, 856KB)
- 4th - Disability Equality Scheme
- Postcomm's Disability Equality Scheme (pdf, 212KB)
November:
- 26th - Postcomm news release
- Postcomm confirms changes following their Interim Review of 2006-2010 Price Control
- 8th - Decision document (collection and delivery times)
- Postcomm's review of collection and delivery times decision statement (pdf, 56KB)
- 8th - Consultation responses (collection and delivery times)
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Royal Mail, November 2007 (pdf, 481KB)
Postwatch, November 2007 (pdf, 546KB)
Communication Workers Union (pdf, 31KB)
Mail Users' Association (pdf, 28KB)
Federation of Small Businesses (pdf, 62KB)
Compiled responses, November 2007 (pdf, 27KB) - Back to top.
October:
- 30th - Postcomm news release
- Competition is starting to benefit smaller businesses but more progress and greater innovation needed
- 30th - Competitve Market Review
- 2007 Competitive Market Review (pdf, 2.9MB)
- 30th - Business Customer Survey
- 2007 Business Customer Survey (pdf, 4.5MB)
- 30th - research summary
- 2007 Competitive Market Review & Business Customer Survey summary document (pdf, 164KB)
- 23rd - proposals document
- Postcomm's revised proposals on Royal Mail's redirections service (pdf, 913KB)
- 8th - Postcomm annual post office network report
- A sustainable customer focused network (pdf, 4491KB)
- 8th - Post office research from NERA Economic Consulting
- Access to postal services. A final report for Postcomm (pdf, 3698KB)
- 8th - Postcomm news release
- Greater focus needed on creating a sustainable and viable post office network for the future
- 3rd - response to consultation
- Postcomm's response to BERR's consultation on scope of redress schemes (pdf, 73KB)
September:
- 28th - consultation letter
- Request for an exemption from notification requirements for Royal Mail's Branch Direct service (pdf, 54KB)
- 6th - memorandum of understanding
- Memorandum of understanding between Postcomm and the Office of Fair Trading (pdf, 42KB)
August:
- 30th - resource accounts
- Postcomm's Resource Accounts 2006-07 (pdf, 381KB)
- 28th - Postcomm decision
- Royal Mail's request to stop Sunday and bank holiday collections (pdf, 32KB)
- 23rd - consultation document
- Postcomm's Strategy Review. The postal market 2010 and beyond. Emerging themes (pdf, 429KB)
- 23rd - stakeholder letter
- Letter to stakeholders setting out the key points from Postcomm's Strategy Review "emerging themes" document (pdf, 26KB)
- 23rd - news release
- Competition is helping the mail industry adapt to a fast-changing communications market
- 17th - proposals document
- Royal Mail's retail zonal pricing application. Postcomm's proposals (pdf, 481KB)
- 17th - Europe Economics analysis
- Retail zonal pricing review. Analysis of forecast mail volumes and switching behaviour (pdf, 166KB)
- 17th - Frontier Economics analysis
- Retail zonal pricing: impact on Royal Mail's volumes and revenues. A report prepared for Postcomm (pdf, 297KB)
- 17th - LECG analysis
- Retail zonal pricing review. Analysis of zonal costs (pdf, 455KB)
- 17th - news release
- Postcomm issues consultation on proposal to reject Royal Mail's zonal pricing application
- 16th - direction
- Postal Services Act 2000. Sections 11 and 13. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group Ltd. Schedule 2, Part 3, Condition 7. Direction in relation to trials conducted by Royal Mail (pdf, 38KB)
- 16th - news release
- Postcomm sets out new approach to Royal Mail product trials
- 9th - consultation document
- Review of Royal Mail's pricing flexibility and the level of access headroom (the 'Interim review' of the price control). Postcomm's proposals (pdf, 251KB)
- 9th - news release
- Royal Mail given extra pricing flexibility but urgent imperative must be transformation of its business
- 8th - consultation document (statement of policy in relation to financial penalties)
- Statement of policy in relation to financial penalties. A consultation document (pdf, 378KB)
- 8th - news release (statement of policy in relation to financial penalties)
- Postcomm's statement of policy in relation to financial penalties
- 7th - final report (Business Mail Secure investigation)
- Condition 11 of Royal Mail's licence: the promotion of effective competition. Business Mail Secure. Final report of the Postal Services Commission (pdf, 457KB)
- 2nd - consultation document
- Enforcement guidance for considering and investigating complaints in relation to licence contraventions. A consultation document (pdf, 171KB)
- 2nd - news release
- Postcomm publishes enforcement procedures for licence breaches
- 1st - consultation letter (Royal Mail product changes)
- Request for an exemption from notification requirements for Royal Mail's international contract (bulk mail) services (pdf, 38KB)
- 1st - news release
- Royal Mail's application for exemption from notification requirements for changes to international bulk mail products
July:
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm proposes to reject Royal Mail's zonal pricing application
- 12th - Royal Mail's application
- Application for a Direction from Postcomm for exemption from Condition 7 for Branch Direct (pdf, 66KB)
June:
- 27th - consultation responses (zonal pricing)
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Responses to stakeholder letter issued 2 April 2007 (pdf, 1148KB)
Letters from MPs and AMs (pdf, 105KB) - 26th - news release
- Royal Mail's request to suspend bulk mail compensation during industrial action
- 21st - Postcomm letter to Royal Mail
- Financial implications of quality of service failure due to industrial action (pdf, 48KB)
- 6th - open letter
- Postcomm's understanding of the exception from Section 6 set out at Section 7(2)(h) of the Postal Services Act 2000 in relation to letters conveyed to a mail centre or distribution office for onward conveyance by a licensed postal operator under an access agreement (pdf, 39KB)
- 5th - consultation document
- Review of Royal Mail's collection and delivery times. The way forward (pdf, 406KB)
- 5th - summary document
- Review of Royal Mail's collection and delivery times. Summary document (pdf, 30KB)
- 5th - customer survey
- The needs of postal users. Customer survey 2006 (pdf, 1471KB)
- 5th - customer survey: key findings
- Key findings of Postcomm's market research (pdf, 43KB)
- 5th - news release
- Royal Mail agrees to examine customer concerns about earlier final collections
May:
- 25th - news release
- Postcomm statement on High Court judgement.
- 18th - consultation document
- Amendment of the 2006 licensing framework (pdf, 217KB)
- 18th - news release
- Postcomm reviews current licensing rules.
- 17th - news release
- Securing sustainability of the network is now the issue.
April:
- 24th - review of certain aspects of the price control: industry workshop presentations and responses to the review
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Royal Mail presentation (pdf, 148KB)
TNT Post and UK Mail presentation (51KB)
Communication Workers Union (CWU) response (184KB)
Mail Competition Forum (MCF) response (117KB)
Postwatch response (review of certain aspects of the price control) (62KB)
QVC response (15KB) - 24th - decision document and direction
- Policy Review of Exceptions to Royal Mail’s Universal Delivery Service (pdf, 492KB)
- 24th - news release
- Postcomm publishes updated guidelines on exceptions to the universal postal service
- 23rd - COMMentary
- Postal Services Commission newsletter, Issue 10 (pdf, 380KB)
- 23rd - consultation responses (product trials - notification process)
- response from Royal Mail (product trials - notification process) (pdf, 84KB), response from others (pdf, 127KB)
- 20th - stakeholder letter
- Postcomm’s consultation on Royal Mail’s proposal to introduce “Zonal Pricing”: Extension of the deadline for initial responses (pdf, 28KB)
- 20th - news release
- Postcomm extends deadline for responses to zonal pricing consultation.
- 17th - Royal Mail application letter
- Application for a Direction from Postcomm for exemption from Condition 7 for Royal Mail international Contract (Bulk Mail) Services (pdf, 84KB)
- 17th - decision document
- Royal Mail’s future management of PAF (pdf, 604KB)
- 17th - news release
- Postcomm announces new safeguards for management of address information.
- 11th - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to The Mailing House Group Limited (pdf, 283KB)
- 11th - decision statement
- Postal Services Commission Decision Statement. Grant of licence to The Mailing House Group Limited (pdf, 16KB)
- 11th - consultation response
- response from Postwatch (pdf, 22KB)
- 11th - news release
- Postcomm issues new licence to The Mailing House Group.
- 2nd - business plan
- Postcomm 2007/08 Business Plan (pdf, 140KB).
- 2nd - news release
- Postcomm's business plan.
- 2nd - stakeholder letter
- Royal Mail’s Proposal to Charge Large Mailers by Delivery Location “Zonal Pricing” (pdf, 107KB).
- 2nd - news release
- Postcomm to examine Royal Mail request to price bulk mail products by delivery zone.
- 2nd - consultation responses (compensation)
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Royal Mail response (pdf, 817KB),
Postwatch response (compensation) (pdf, 78KB),
Mail Users Association response (pdf, 85KB),
other non-confidential responses (pdf, 144KB).
March:
- 30th - Royal Mail's business case
- Information in support of its request for a review of access headroom and greater pricing flexibility (pdf, 869KB).
- 28th - direction
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 13. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc, Schedule 2, Part 3, Condition 7. Direction for the purpose of permitting the provision of postal voting services (pdf, 19KB).
- 28th - direction
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 13. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc, Schedule 2, Part 3, Condition 4. Direction in relation to Royal Mail’s Business Collections (pdf, 19KB).
- 26th - guidance notes
- Guidance from the Postal Services Commission on Royal Mail's licence and competitive tenders (pdf, 286KB).
- 26th - decision document
- Guidance from the Postal Services Commission: Royal Mail’s Participation in Competitive Tenders (pdf, 501KB).
- 26th - news release
- Postcomm guidance on Royal Mail participation in competitive tendering.
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm welcomes progress on VAT for postal services.
- 23rd - UK Mail request
- Request for review of Royal Mail price control under Royal Mail Group plc Licence Condition 21 paragraph 5, (i)(bb)(aa) (pdf, 17KB). Additional information from UK Mail in support of their application (pdf, 53KB).
- 22nd - consultation responses
- Responses to the Consultation Document Royal Mail’s Proposed Changes to the Special Delivery Next Day Service (pdf, 792KB).
- 22nd - industry letter and annex
- Review of certain aspects of Royal Mail’s 2006-2010 Price Control (pdf, 52KB). Annex to letter (pdf, 28KB).
- 22nd - TNT request
- Request pursuant to condition 21, paragraph 5 (i)(bb)(aa) of the Royal Mail Group plc licence, as last amended on 25 May 2006 (pdf, 15KB). Additional information from TNT in support of their application (pdf, 127KB).
- 22nd - news release
- Postcomm to examine Royal Mail’s charges to new operators for access to the ‘final mile’.
- 20th - Royal Mail's request
- Request pursuant to condition 21, paragraph 5b (i), and condition 21 (16) of the Royal Mail Group plc licence, as last amended on 25 May 2006 (pdf, 127KB).
- 13th - news release
- High Court rejects Royal Mail's appeal against Postcomm's £9.62 million financial penalty.
- 6th - news release
- Postcomm welcomes extensions of commissioners' terms.
- March - consultation response
- Postcomm's response to Government's consultation on the post office network (pdf, 80KB).
February:
- 27th - news release
- Postcomm calls for radical action over Royal Mail’s costs.
- 27th - consultation response (strategy review)
- Royal Mail’s response to the consultation document: Postcomm’s Strategy Review – The postal market 2010 and beyond: Key questions for stakeholders – August 2006 (pdf, 1.1MB)
- 20th - Royal Mail application
- Application under licence condition 21 for approval to offer geographic zonal prices for bulkmail services (Modified) (pdf, 238KB)
- 20th - consultation letter
- Royal Mail's application to extend Pricing in Proportion to Packetpost Returns (pdf, 69KB).
- 20th - application by Royal Mail
- Application for approval to apply "Pricing in Proportion" prices to Packetpost Returns up to 1KG (pdf, 101KB).
- 20th - news release
- Postcomm reviews Royal Mail application to extend Pricing in Proportion to ‘Packetpost Returns’.
- 13th - direction
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 13. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc, Schedule 2, Part 8, Condition 21. Direction in relation to Automated Standard Tariff Large Letters Service (pdf, 21KB).
January:
- 31st - consultation letter
- Notification requirements for Trials, consultation letter (pdf, 64KB).
- 31st - news release
- Postcomm reviews notification process for Royal Mail product trials.
- 31st - direction
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 13. Licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc. Schedule 2, Part 3, Condition 7. Direction in relation to Royal Mail’s Sameday service (pdf, 21KB).
- 31st - news release
- Postcomm grants licence exemption to Royal Mail for changes to Sameday Service.
- 29th - COMMentary
- Postal Services Commission newsletter, issue 9 (pdf, 1MB).
- 25th - revocation notice (Mail Plus Limited)
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Mail Plus Limited (pdf, 21KB).
- 23rd - consultation responses to September 2006 consultation document "Zonal pricing by Royal Mail"
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Charterhouse (pdf, 12KB),
Communication Workers Union (CWU) (pdf, 24KB),
Direct Marketing Association (DMA) (pdf, 35KB),
Eden District Council (pdf, 43KB),
Emap Communications (pdf, 106KB),
Highland Council (pdf, 26KB),
Mail Matters (pdf, 21KB),
Mail Competition Forum (MCF) (pdf, 38KB),
Mail Users Association (MUA) (pdf, 38KB),
Postwatch (pdf, 85KB),
TNT (pdf, 56KB),
TNT slides (pdf, 1.3MB) - 19th - consultation responses (Policy review on Exceptions to Royal Mail's USO for delivery services)
- Responses to the August 2006 consultation document ‘Policy Review on Exceptions to Royal Mail’s Universal Service Obligation for Delivery Services’.
Response from Royal Mail (policy review on exceptions to Royal Mail's USO for delivery services) (pdf, 326KB),
Response from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (pdf, 372KB),
Response from an excepted address (pdf, 335KB), second response from an excepted address (pdf, 238KB),
Other responses (pdf, 202KB). - 17th - consultation responses (Strategy Review)
- Non-confidential responses to the consultation document: Postcomm's Strategy Review, The postal market - 2010 and beyond: Key questions for stakeholders - August 2006 (pdf, 891KB).
- 4th - licence revocation
- Postal Services Act 2000. Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Red Star Parcels Limited (pdf, 25KB).
- 4th - news release
- Postcomm revokes licence held by Red Star Parcels Ltd.
- 4th - licence revocation
- Postal Services Act 2000. Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Limited (pdf, 22KB).
- 4th - news release
- Postcomm revokes licence held by Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd.
- 4th - licence revocation
- Postal Services Act 2000. Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Spedmail International Limited (pdf, 22KB).
- 4th - news release
- Postcomm revokes licence held by Speedmail International Limited.
- 2nd - news release
- Postcomm research finds that competition has delivered early benefits but greater progress needed.
- 2nd - news release
- One year on from full liberalisation - customers are benefiting and operators, including Royal Mail, are rising to the challenges.
