Sending Christmas cards and presents has become a lot more complicated this year because of the Royal Mail strike. With posties walking out today and planning further strikes on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday, people will need to be organised and deliver their items much earlier. Here’s what you need to …
Read More »National Milk Records : Royal Mail national strike action
Royal Mail national strike action will take place on the below dates Friday 9th December Sunday 11th December Wednesday 14th December Thursday 15th December Friday 23rd December Saturday 24th Decembe All orders will be dispatched as soon as possible however any special and tracked deliveries cannot be guaranteed to arrive …
Read More »‘Chaos’ as post left OUTDOORS at Royal Mail centres as deliveries hit by strike
Pictures show mountains of mail outside Royal Mail centres in midwinter amid the ongoing strikes. The photos and videos, which were sent to the Mirror, show cages full of undelivered packages outside two mail centres this week. The pictures were taken before today’s fresh walkout by 115,000 posties even began. …
Read More »Royal Mail strike dates this December 2022: Walkout days, Christmas update
New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive, as the second of seven strikes before Christmas commences. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple …
Read More »Royal Mail staff go on strike with people warned to post Christmas cards a week early
Postman Pat joined the striking mail workers gathered in Parliament Square today (Picture: Getty) If you haven’t posted your Christmas cards yet, now is the time to get organised and post them out. This year, the dash to the post office on December 20 is unlikely to get your messages …
Read More »All the days over Christmas when there are train, Royal Mail, ambulance and NHS strikes
Staff from key industries are striking on multiple dates across December and early January, meaning many Christmas services will be cancelled or massively reduced. From no trains running on Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, paramedics only attending life-threatening call outs and Royal Mail packages being severely …
Read More »Royal Mail Appoints the7stars to Handle Media Planning & Buying
Royal Mail, the British multinational postal service and courier company, has appointed the7Stars, the UK’s largest independent media agency, to handle its UK media planning and buying following a competitive pitch handled by the Aperto Partnership. Havas Media Group was the incumbent agency, having held the account since 2016. Royal …
Read More »Photos show mountains of post OUTDOORS at Royal Mail centres as deliveries hit by strike
Exclusive: Photos handed to the Mirror show cages full of post waiting outside mail centres in Bristol and Warrington. Royal Mail insists it’s ‘typical for this time of year’ – but union sources claimed it shows ‘chaos’ in the system Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play …
Read More »PEAK 2022 Delivery dates move forward in the light of Royal Mail strikes; returns rates peaking higher than last year
Each year, InternetRetailing has an in-depth focus on the peak trading period. In part, that’s because it is the most important time of the financial year for many UK retailers. It’s also because shopping takes place at higher volumes in the run up to Christmas, meaning that any changes in …
Read More »Royal Mail workers take further day of strike action in increasingly bitter dispute
Thousands of postal workers across Scotland take a further day of strike action on Friday in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay and working conditions. Around 11,000 members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have been locked in a dispute over changes to working conditions with Royal Mail and shows …
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