Review of postal services starts
The Government has launched a review into the postal services market to see what difference has been made since it was opened up to competition at the start of last year.
Secretary of State for Business, John Hutton, said:
"We believe that opening the market has brought considerable benefits for users of postal services but there can be no doubt that the market has evolved, with new technologies such as e-mail and text messaging having a huge effect on the way we communicate."In the light of these market developments we are launching a review to examine the impacts of liberalisation of the UK postal services, trends in future market development and the likely impact of this on Royal Mail, alternative carriers and consumers."
The review will be chaired by Richard Hooper, who will report back to the Government next summer.
