UKM.L Regulatory News (UKM)

3 Mar 2005 07:01

Business Post Group PLC03 March 2005 BUSINESS POST GROUP PLC Contract with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group for Upstream Mail Services Business Post, the UK's leading independent express delivery company, announcesthat, following a tender process, its business unit UK Mail has contracted toprovide upstream mail services to The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, one of theUK's largest mailers. Collections will commence today. Upstream mail services comprise the collection and national distribution of mail(with associated management information and IT) for next day delivery to RoyalMail, for local sorting and final delivery. Notes for Editors: UK Mail offers a nationwide two-day mail delivery service, operating in both thebusiness-to-consumer and business-to-business markets. Features of the serviceare track-and-trace up to the point of hand-over to Royal Mail, for final miledelivery, and flexibility of collection for large mailers. This new development, whereunder the customer has a relationship with both RoyalMail and UK Mail (instead of only with UK Mail), offers a solution for a widerrange of business mailers, particularly those in the financial services sector. At the date of Business Post's interim announcement, 16 November 2004, UK Mailhad moved over 23 million items since commencement of its service on 10 May2004, securing customers in the telecoms, utilities, government and retailsectors, and had an annualised turnover of over £12 million. Enquiries: Business Post Group plcPaul Carvell (Chief Executive) 0121-335 1111Peter Fitzwilliam (Finance Director) 01753-706 070Guy Buswell (Managing Director, UK Mail) 0121-335 1118 Bankside Consultants LimitedCharles Ponsonby 020-7444 4166 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange