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Apr 2008: Royal Mail Pricing Increases

Royal Mail are increasing postage prices from 7th April 2008. The key changes are:

• The 1st Class Letter price has increased to 36p for stamp.
• The 1st Class Large Letter price has increased to 52p for stamp.
• The 2nd Class Letter price has increased to 27p for stamp.
• The Second Class Large Letter price has increased to 42p for stamp.
• Royal Mail Special Delivery® Next Day has increased by 30p to £4.60 for mail up to 100g

Postage rates through bulk mail schemes have also increased and in conjunction with these changes, Royal Mail has also altered the Mailsort and Walksort Volume Related Discounts (VRD).

All QAS Mailsort and Walksort customers will be contacted to inform them of how these Royal Mail pricing changes will affect them and will be kept updated with the latest Mailsort and Walksort news.

Find out how to download and apply the latest pricing files.

For further information on the changes to Royal Mail tariffs please visit the Royal Mail website or contact your Royal Mail Account Manager.

Apr 2007: Royal Mail Pricing Increases

Royal Mail are increasing postage prices from 2nd April 2007. The key changes are:

• The 1st Class Letter price has increased to 34p for stamp and 32p for Meter.
• The 2nd Class Letter price has increased to 24p for stamp and 22p for Meter.
• Royal Mail Special Delivery® Next Day has increased by 20p to £4.30 for mail up to 100g

Postage rates through bulk mail schemes have also increased and in conjunction with these changes, Royal Mail has also altered the Mailsort and Walksort Volume Related Discounts (VRD). VRD bands are changing from three bands to five bands for the following services:

• Mailsort 1, 2 and 3.
• Sortation levels 120, 700 and 1400.

All QAS Mailsort and Walksort customers will be contacted to inform them of how these Royal Mail pricing changes will affect them and will be kept updated with the latest Mailsort and Walksort news.

Find out how to download and apply the latest pricing files.

For further information on the changes to Royal Mail tariffs please visit the Royal Mail website or contact your Royal Mail Account Manager.

Mar 2006: Royal Mail’s New Pricing in Proportion (PiP) Scheme

Royal Mail’s PiP scheme comes into effect on 21st August 2006. PiP introduces a new dimension to the way in which postage costs are calculated. From 21st August the size of the item being posted must be taken into account. Items will be classed as ‘Letter’, ‘Large Letter’ or ‘Packet’.

The nature of the Royal Mail’s changes means that current Mailsort and Walksort products will be incompatible with the new PiP pricing. QAS will be incorporating the Pricing in Proportion changes into an updated version of its existing Mailsort and Walksort V4 products. QuickAddress Mailsort and Walksort customers will be shipped the new version prior to these changes.

All QAS Mailsort and Walksort customers will be contacted to inform them of how these Royal Mail pricing changes will affect them and will be kept updated with the latest Mailsort and Walksort news.

For further information on Pricing in Proportion please see Royal Mail’s dedicated site: www.royalmail.com/pip.