Business Post launches i-mail

[TrueBlueTerrier]

http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2 ... -mail.html

20 September 2007

Business Post's UK Mail business has announced the New Year launch of its i-mail next-day service in a partnership with Royal Mail. Business Post customers will be able to send an electronic copy of a letter or document to one of Royal Mail's sort centres where it will be printed, sealed and transferred to Royal Mail for final-leg delivery.

Business Post says prices for the new service will start at less than the price of a first-class stamp, including stationery and printing. It claims the agreement makes UK Mail the first private organisation to provide an alternative next-day service to nationwide addresses. Customers will be able to send mail as late as 6pm to secure next-day delivery.

"We've been looking at it a little while," says head of group marketing Nigel Proctor, who adds that the group has been in talks with Royal Mail for around eight months. In-house trials of the service will begin next month and software developments are in place with a third-party provider.

[genesis]

Notice that they have been in talks for a while, why couldn,t RM just have done it themselves?

[tyconuk]

Because the management is crap!
They can't think for themselves!

[F0zziebear]

This market is not growing, if anything it is shrinking. It is rare for easily printable documents to be sent the next day unless they are urgent. I wouldn't expect this service to impact massively.

Management are still too slow to pro-actively react to the market place. There are a number of reasons, but as liberalisation picks up things wil have to move more quickly, just like in the telecoms sector

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Here is an idea lets send an electronic copy of a document by

E-Mail

not to knock it as it should generate some business for RML but it does seem a ham fisted way of sending something that could be done by email and then sent as a hard copy later on.

[DGP1]

Here is an idea lets send an electronic copy of a document by

E-Mail

not to knock it as it should generate some business for RML but it does seem a ham fisted way of sending something that could be done by email and then sent as a hard copy later on.

I think it has something to do with being greener ie. reducing companies carbon emmisions, of course I could be wrong

[dvbuk55]

Here is an idea lets send an electronic copy of a document by

E-Mail

not to knock it as it should generate some business for RML but it does seem a ham fisted way of sending something that could be done by email and then sent as a hard copy later on.

I think it has something to do with being greener ie. reducing companies carbon emmisions, of course I could be wrong

And I think you are! It will be more than likely companies getting rid of their admin support.

[DGP1]

Here is an idea lets send an electronic copy of a document by

E-Mail

not to knock it as it should generate some business for RML but it does seem a ham fisted way of sending something that could be done by email and then sent as a hard copy later on.

I think it has something to do with being greener ie. reducing companies carbon emmisions, of course I could be wrong

And I think you are! It will be more than likely companies getting rid of their admin support.

I forgot about the money