Postal rivals

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 20 Dec 2008, 15:56

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/1 ... rdon-brown

If ever a company had an appropriate acronym, it would be TNT, which blasted its way into the minds of the trade union movement, when its lorries drove through printer picket lines outside the Wapping headquarters of News International

TNT helped revolutionise the newspaper sector and is well on its way to doing the same thing to the postal business, having opened talks with the government about taking a stake in the state-owned Royal Mail

Privately owned, TNT started life as Thomas Nationwide Transport in Australia. But having moved into parcel and then letter delivery, it was bought by the Dutch postal operator, TPG

Householders in Liverpool have already become used to seeing postmen and women in bright orange uniforms delivering their morning letters, under trials being undertaken by TNT Mail.

The business has also organised similar low-key exercises in Glasgow and Manchester, as a prelude to launching a full-scale assault on the traditional role of Royal Mail.

TNT has partly been trying to convince itself it could make money out of a nationwide door-to-door operation, but also bolster its claims to be the biggest rival to the state-owned incumbent.

The Dutch will want to use the company's growing commercial muscle to convince business secretary, Peter Mandelson that they, rather than any of their competitors, should be given the opportunity to buy into Royal Mail.

Nick Wells, the UK boss of TNT, was refusing to make any comments on what his company's future plans will be. "I can't comment on anything like this," he insisted, as he confirmed trials were still ongoing in Merseyside.

TNT is not the only one licking its lips at the thought of taking a bite out of Royal Mail. DHL, an arm of Germany's Deutsche Post, and the UK company Business Post are also keen to expand their British businesses.

Up to 20 of these private postal firms have registered with the regulator, Postcomm, allowing them to become involved in the delivery of letters around the UK. They are mainly taking advantage of a system under which they collect and sort the mail before handing it to Royal Mail for the final delivery, rather than undertake the kind of activities being trialled by TNT.

All the private operators are targeting the lucrative corporate customer, such as banks or television companies, which have mass "mailouts" to areas of dense population. Royal Mail argues this is predatory, "creaming off" the best customers and leaving the firm lumbered with loss-making deliveries to remoter parts of Britain.

Yahoorsur · Post by **Yahoorsur** » 20 Dec 2008, 15:57

,thats all I want to say at the minute.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 20 Dec 2008, 17:02

Householders in Liverpool have already become used to seeing postmen and women in bright orange uniforms delivering their morning letters, under trials being undertaken by TNT Mail.

Does anyone in Liverpool want to confirm that, is there really a workforce delivering mail to peoples houses every morning?

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 20 Dec 2008, 21:57

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
Householders in Liverpool have already become used to seeing postmen and women in bright orange uniforms delivering their morning letters, under trials being undertaken by TNT Mail.
Does anyone in Liverpool want to confirm that, is there really a workforce delivering mail to peoples houses every morning?

No it's just the govenment's policy of justice to be seen in the community all crims to wear orange overall's!.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 20 Dec 2008, 22:03

k979aaa wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
Householders in Liverpool have already become used to seeing postmen and women in bright orange uniforms delivering their morning letters, under trials being undertaken by TNT Mail.
Does anyone in Liverpool want to confirm that, is there really a workforce delivering mail to peoples houses every morning?
No it's just the govenment's policy of justice to be seen in the community all crims to wear orange overall's!.

So, Community Service has also been sold to TNT

Next thing we'll be hearing is criminals being given 10 hours of community service which is one weeks work for TNT

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 20 Dec 2008, 22:10

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
k979aaa wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
Householders in Liverpool have already become used to seeing postmen and women in bright orange uniforms delivering their morning letters, under trials being undertaken by TNT Mail.
Does anyone in Liverpool want to confirm that, is there really a workforce delivering mail to peoples houses every morning?
No it's just the govenment's policy of justice to be seen in the community all crims to wear orange overall's!.
So, Community Service has also been sold to TNT Next thing we'll be hearing is criminals being given 10 hours of community service which is one weeks work for TNT

We get staff from remploy it does my head in whenever i have to work with them!. A RACE TO THE BOTTOM IT HAS BEGUN