Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
International Distributions Services plc (IDS)
EU Transparency Register
654861413162-14 First registered on 04 Mar 2014
Goals / Remit
International Distributions Services plc (formerly Royal Mail plc) is one of the largest delivery companies in Europe and comprises Royal Mail, Parcelforce Worldwide and General Logistics Systems (GLS):
Royal Mail is proud to be the universal postal service provider in the UK, deliver a ‘one-price-goes-anywhere’ service on a range of letters and parcels to nearly 31 million addresses across the country.
Parcelforce Worldwide is a leading express parcel delivery provider.
GLS is one of the largest ground-based, deferred parcel delivery networks in Europe. Its network covers over 40 countries across Europe and North America. This is through a combination of wholly-owned companies and partner companies.Main EU files targeted
Postal services and cross border parcels
International trade, VAT and customs
Digital markets and platform regulation
Data protection and cyber securityAddress
Head Office
International Distributions Services plc 185 Farringdon Road
LONDON EC1A 1AA
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
International Distributions Services plc 185 Farringdon Road
LONDON EC1A 1AA
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Fiona HAMILTON 26 Jul 2018 23 Jul 2019 Ms Fiona HAMILTON 20 Jul 2017 01 Jul 2018 Ms Fiona HAMILTON 22 Aug 2016 21 Jul 2017 Ms Fiona HAMILTON 24 Sep 2015 23 Aug 2016 Ms Rhona PARRY 24 Sep 2015 22 Sep 2016 Mr David Gold 28 Aug 2014 22 Aug 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
International Distributions Services plc (formerly Royal Mail plc) is a member of PostEurop (ww.posteurop.org). It is also a shareholder of the International Post Corporation (www.ipc.be).
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Royal Mail Group represents its interests towards the European institutions and relevant stakeholders in two ways:
It is member of the PostEurop and FEDMA. It is also a shareholder in the International Post Corporation (IPC). The International Post Corporation is the postal industry’s partner company that provides leadership by driving service quality, interoperability and business-critical intelligence. Both give members a collective voice.
The company also engages on specific issues directly with EU decision-makers and stakeholders.
Meetings
Meetings
6 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 09 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Cross-border parcel delivery Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
- Tomasz Husak (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Cross-border parcel delivery Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 29 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
- Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 29 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Future of cross-border parcel delivery Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
- Tomasz Husak (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)