Alternative Mail Providers

The UK Postal service was fully deregulated by Postcomm in 2006, which ended the monopoly of Royal Mail and opened the market up to alternative postal service companies.

The 'final mile' of delivery is still provided by Royal Mail post men and women, however many alternative companies now provide the collection and delivery to the local Royal Mail offices.

This service is known as "Downstream Access", and for some mailings of certain sizes and weights, considerable further savings can be made by using alternative downstream access providers up to the final mile.

Downstream Access Providers

Low Cost Mailing have teamed up with some large alternative mail providers to offer an even more reliable and competitive service for certain mailings.

By using some of the following alternative postal companies, this ensures that Low Cost Mailing always find best available discounted services, and that any savings are passed on to our customers.

Low Cost Mailing have experience in dealing with many UK downstream mail providers, however our 2 main mail providers that we use are:

Contact us today to discuss your mailing requirements; our team of experts are on hand to provide a service which will save you money.