TNT Post goes head-to-head with Royal Mail first class

[POSTMAN]

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TNT Post has introduced a next day delivery service called FirstSort, which it claims is the first physical alternative to the first class service offered by Royal Mail.

Through FirstSort, customers will be able to use the next day service regionally. The service will see a phased implementation across the UK, starting with Scotland. A national expansion will follow later this year. Currently the service is being used by a number of clients including hospitals and accountancy firms.

The move is the latest action from TNT Post as it bids to offer a competitive alternative to Royal Mail.

Recent additions to the postal solutions portfolio include the hybrid mail service – TNT-it – and greenPost, an environmentally-friendly mail service. In the direct mail sector, dataMatters and adscents are two of the latest products from TNT Post.

The latter is a new package that enables its clients to add a scent to their direct mail. The aroma is touch activated and the company believes the service will give users a greater return on investment and brand awareness. By offering something different, TNT Post is hoping to gain some of the vast ground it currently concedes to Royal Mail as a producer of direct mail.

TNT Post recently claimed that it had picked up customers for its courier business as a result of the strikes at Royal Mail last autumn. Its chief financial officer, Henk van Dalen, said at the time that “customers might switch to TNT because they think Royal Mail isn’t reliable”.

TNT Post is the largest competitor to Royal Mail in the deregulated postal market, currently handling more than 200 million items a month.

[dounome]

I wonder though who will actually deliver this service RM yet again?

[Guevarista]

I shall look forward to delivering YET MORE D2Ds on behalf of TNT.... at least they'll smell nice in the future!

[corgi1998]

TNT Post recently claimed that it had picked up customers for its courier business as a result of the strikes at Royal Mail last autumn. Its chief financial officer, Henk van Dalen, said at the time that “customers might switch to TNT because they think Royal Mail isn’t reliable”


Why use us to deliver mail then if we are s**t god i hate this country .Its like tesco delivering asdas shopping it just would not happen please put your own f***ing postmen on the road(tnt) and lets have a real battle instead of hiding behind loopholes..........

[fishtank]

"FirstSort plays to TNT Post's strength in advanced mail sortation where mail is automatically processed by postcode into the relevant delivery day. The newly-designed FirstSort indicia is printed onto envelopes during this process, allowing customers to save time and money by handing over the franking process entirely to TNT Post."

I saw a couple come through the system on friday.

[Lounge Lizard]

But as we have to deliver all DSA mail the day we get it this won't make any difference to us will it ?

[POSTMAN]

But as we have to deliver all DSA mail the day we get it this won't make any difference to us will it ?

I'm thinking and no doubt others could confirm that they pick the s**t up and have a couple of days to give it to us with normal DSA.

[dongash]

But as we have to deliver all DSA mail the day we get it this won't make any difference to us will it ?

we aren't delivering it the day we get it at our place!!!! I delivered fridays today, and i will deliver saturdays on monday!!!! we have been culling, cutting off etc since xmas at our office!!!! our managers have been e-mailed by the sector bloke and told not to authorise "pressure" o.t or he will want to know why they have done so!!!!! some of our rural drivers have been ordered not to book any o.t and break off to be back to time. p.s we are still lapsing every day, including saturday!!!!! the lapsing has to be done first, to the detriment of your own delivery!!! ONLY IN THE CRAZY WORLD OF ROYAL MAIL!!!