Businesses shocked by postal delivery charges

Friday 13th January 2006, 12:00AM GMT.

JERSEY Post has increased its charges for delivering leaflets by up to 66 per cent.

The new prices have already forced lifestyle magazine Nine by Five out of business and has put the future of the Consumer Council newsletter in jeopardy.

For delivering their 36,000 copies of the newsletter, the Consumer Council were paying £3,638, but have now been quoted £7,243.

Nine by Five also saw its delivery price go up 66 per cent – which turned out to be too expensive for it to continue publishing.

Jersey Post claim the amount of mail leaving the Island has dramatically increased in recent years with the advent of the fulfilment industry and with more finance houses basing themselves in the Island.

Therefore the original reciprocal agreement between the Royal Mail and Jersey Post to deliver each other’s mail free of charge has ended and the Royal Mail are demanding payment as compensation.

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