What does the future hold for Royal Mail?

Question

Opening Royal Mail to competition has not benefited householders or small businesses, according to an independent report. Can Royal Mail survive in its current state?

The Royal Mail's 350-year monopoly ended at the start of 2006, when other licensed operators were given the right to collect and deliver mail.

A report, commissioned by the government, has warned that the liberalisation of the service has presented a "substantial threat" to the Royal Mail's financial security. The panel said that the continuing "status quo is not tenable".

The report will now focus on how to establish a sustainable future for the mail service.

Is competition within the postal sector a good thing? Can Royal Mail survive within a liberalised postal services system? How has the increased competition affected the service in your area? Could you even be waiting up to 3 weeks for a telephone? If so, is the future copper?

Answer 1

no it's not been good  private companies are all about money not people  and when royal mail go prices will soar look at any privatised industry

Answer 2

Letters, lots of them.

Answer 3

i think we should scrap competition and focus on making royal mail good.  the UK is a small island so it shouldnt be beyond the wit of man to deliver an efficient coordinated mail delivery service for the whole country

this story reminds me of the railways.  competition = worse railways and more cost to the taxpayer not less!  they should renationalise the railways while theyre at it

Answer 4

Could tell you about the future but it hasn't been delivered yet.

Any way the future would be alot brighter if Adam Crozier wasn't part of it.

Answer 5

Hi remember me, I'm back!

Answer 6

I have it on good authority that we can expect a summer of strikes from the post men & women.

Answer 7

I would hope the future is good. When you think of the amount of items that are delivered everyday and only a small, very small percentage goes missing.

Many years ago I worked for a company in the Defence Industry and one of my jobs was dealing with all incoming and outgoing mail.

The service we got from Royal Mail was great and of course there were problems but that doesn't take away from the great job they do.

I hope they continue to deliver the mail.