POSTAL CHANGES

POSTAL CHANGES ARE HERE

Royal Mail is upping its campaign to alert businesses and private customers to changes in its postal pricing system, due to come into force on 21st August.

The new ‘Pricing In Proportion’ scheme will price letters and parcels according to their size and shape, as well as their weight.

Royal Mail is currently unveiling a £10m advertising campaign and is sending a leaflet to every mailing address in the country to raise awareness of the changes.

Under the new system, parcels will fall into one of three categories:

Letters, such as a standard birthday card, with a maximum thickness of 5mm will cost 32p.

Large letters, such as magazines, with a maximum thickness of 25mm will cost 44p.

Packets, which comprise anything larger than a large letter, will cost between £1 and £4.74.

Royal Mail claims 85% of items will be the same price or less, and two-thirds of business items will be cheaper. But there are fears that some small businesses which send out a lot of brochures or printed literature that require large envelopes will be hit hard by the new pricing policy.

Companies will be able to test which category letters fall into through a plastic template or ruler that will be available through Post Offices and stationers.

Source BBC