UK Mail
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UK Mail (formerly Business Post) is a United Kingdom
company that competes with the Royal Mail
in collection and distribution of post, since deregulation of the postal service on 1 January 2006. Its Distribution Network delivers mail to local Royal Mail
sorting office
s for last-mile delivery using 'Downstream access
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
company that competes with the Royal Mail
Royal Mail
Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...
in collection and distribution of post, since deregulation of the postal service on 1 January 2006. Its Distribution Network delivers mail to local Royal Mail
Royal Mail
Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...
sorting office
Sorting office
Sorting office or Processing and Distribution Center is any location where postal operators bring mail after collection for sorting into batches for delivery to the addressee, which may be a direct delivery or sent onwards to another regional or local sorting office, or to another postal...
s for last-mile delivery using 'Downstream access
Downstream access
Downstream access is the term used to describe mail which has been collected and distributed by a competitor, but is handed over to Royal Mail mail centres for final processing onto local delivery offices, where they are delivered.- History :...
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