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The August bank holiday is upon as and this means some services may not be available.
Among those affected are postal services.
Here is what we know.
Is there post on Monday?
There will be no collections or deliveries on Monday 29 August in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In Scotland there will be no collection or deliveries except in the following postcode areas:
- DG13
- EH43-EH46
- G
- KA1-5
- KA9-KA15
- KA16-18
- KA20-30
- ML1-ML12
- PA1-PA20
- PA22-28
- PA30-32
- PA34
- PA37-38
- PA42
- PA45
- PA60
- PH1
- PH2
- PH14
- TD1
- TD7-9
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Will post offices be open on Monday?
You can check your local branch here.
You’ll need to type in your postcode, once you’ve done that a list of nearby post office branches with their details will be generated. It will also show opening hours.
For local post office branches the post office should be open if the attached retail business is open on a bank holiday.
The Post Office website adds: “If you are a Main Post Office branch, you are contracted to open your Post Office at the combined retail counter…during your retail business opening hours on a Bank Holiday.”
But again it is always best to check before you set off.
A spokesperson for the Post Office told i that all of its “114 Directly Managed Branches will be closed” on the bank holiday.
He added: “Of the rest of our Post Offices, most are likely to be open. We encourage customers to visit www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder for details about their nearest branch. Post Offices should also have a sign in the window to say if they will be open or closed on the Bank Holiday.”
When are the next Royal Mail strikes?
Royal Mail workers are striking over pay. The next planned walkouts will take place on:
- Wednesday 31 August
- Thursday 8 September
- Friday 9 September
Royal Mail has said the union had rejected a pay rise offer “worth up to 5.5 per cent” after three months of talks.
But the Communications and Workers Union (CWU) say that workers are striking to demand a “dignified, proper pay rise”.
The strikes will impact postal services.
How will the strikes affect services?
Letters will not be delivered on strike days, Royal Mail has said.
In a statement, it added: “Royal Mail has well-developed contingency plans, but they cannot fully replace the daily efforts of its frontline workforce. We will be doing what we can to keep services running, but customers should expect significant disruption.”
On days when industrial action is taking place, Royal Mail says it will:
- Deliver as many special delivery and tracked 24 parcels as possible
- Prioritise the delivery of Covid test kits and medical prescriptions wherever possible
- Not be delivering letters (with the exception of special delivery)
Items posted the day before, during or in the days after any strike action will be subject to delay.
Royal Mail said as it cannot guarantee delivery of all special delivery items by 9am or 1pm next day, it is suspending the regular guarantees while strike action is occurring.
It is also advising people to:
- Post items as early as possible in advance of the strike dates
- Continue to post items at post boxes or Post Offices, but be aware collections will be less frequent on days when strike action is taking place
