Post Office putting on weight
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THE Royal Mail, claiming to be Britain's premier parcel carrier, has raised the weight limit of its bulky parcels service, but is still charging the same flat rate.
Parcels weighing from 10kg up to 25kg (22Ib to 551/21b) can now be despatched from most post offices. The previous limit was 221/2kg.
There is a flat rate of £3.95 for anywhere in the United Kingdom. The cost is 20 pence less if the parcels are for delivery in the same or neighbouring county areas, outside London.
They can measure up to 11/2 metres long, with length and girth combined not exceeding three metres.
Companies which need to comply with metric packaging standards, can now make up a one tonne load with 40 individual packs of 25 kilograms, says the Post Office.
Mr Peter Tetsell, marketing manager for Royal Mail parcels, says that the Post Office has improved its business in the face of fierce competition from other carriers. They claim to handle some 190 million parcels a year. "This is because we are responsive to the needs of our customers, whether they are large companies or private individuals. We provide what they want a service which is convenient, reliable and valJe-formoney," he says.