Deutsche Post has received a 7-year licence to deliver mail in Britain, enabling the German parent company to continue its international expansion. For the past 18 months, Deutsche Post’s British subsidiary, Global Mail, held a provisional licence from the British regulator Postcomm, limiting its distribution capacity to 40 million items per year. The new authorisation will enable Global Mail to distribute an unlimited number of letters up to 100 grams.
Postal services in Britain make 70 million deliveries a day. Deutsche Post already operates in British express deliveries via Securicor Omega Express and Speedmail International.
Deutsche Post is set to lose its German monopoly, possibly by the end of 2007. The company, which also owns courier DHL and retail bank Postbank, aims to establish a leading role in large national postal markets as the European postal market opens up.
Deutsche Post plans to open a second sorting and distribution centre in Croydon, south of London, in addition to its main European distribution centre at Frankfurt’s main airport.
