Comments on: Royal Mail is still not delivering two years on, says FSB http://peterboroughbusiness.co.uk/2010/07/royal-mail-is-still-not-delivering-two-years-on-says-fsb/ News, information and advice for Peterborough's vibrant business community Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:28:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: POSTMAN http://peterboroughbusiness.co.uk/2010/07/royal-mail-is-still-not-delivering-two-years-on-says-fsb/#comment-147 POSTMAN Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:19:59 +0000 http://peterboroughbusiness.co.uk/?p=982#comment-147 The FSB are operating from the same delusion shared by the Liberal members of the coalition that privatising Royal Mail will protect the Post Office Network. Of which all but a handful are operated on a Franchise basis either by Companies such as WH Smith or Independent small shopkeepers known as Subpostmasters. Royal Mail as a private company will have no interest or incentive to retain it's current relationship, with what under coalition proposals will be a seperate independent public body. Rather it will be more profitable to seek alternate partnerships with other trading bodies as deposit and collection points for Mail & Parcels these being the only relevant functions of value to Royal Mail. Rather than saving such services Privatisation will be the final nail in the coffin for them. The FSB are operating from the same delusion shared by the Liberal members of the coalition that privatising Royal Mail will protect the Post Office Network.
Of which all but a handful are operated on a Franchise basis either by Companies such as WH Smith or Independent small shopkeepers known as Subpostmasters.
Royal Mail as a private company will have no interest or incentive to retain it’s current relationship, with what under coalition proposals will be a seperate independent public body.

Rather it will be more profitable to seek alternate partnerships with other trading bodies as deposit and collection points for Mail & Parcels these being the only relevant functions of value to Royal Mail.

Rather than saving such services Privatisation will be the final nail in the coffin for them.

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