A Buckinghamshire MP has urged Royal Mail to sort out postal problems in Amersham ahead of Christmas. Chesham and Amersham MP Sarah Green voiced concern over the “chaos” affecting residents’ mail deliveries for over a year, including delayed hospital appointment notices, driving licences and passports. Missed Christmas post last year prompted …
Read More »Royal Mail brings forward last post dates for Christmas
Those needing to send letters and packages to arrive in time for Christmas are being urged to be aware of changes to posting dates. Industrial action has meant that changes have been made to the last posting dates to allow more time for people to get their deliveries. The Communication …
Read More »Major strikes scheduled for weeks over Christmas and into January
Strikes by workers across the country in disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and conditions are set to escalate in the weeks up to Christmas and into January. Here are some of the strikes and ballots planned: – December 7 Members of the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association and the NASUWT to …
Read More »Postal worker ‘anxious to go to work’ at St Helens Royal Mail Office
A POSTAL worker said he is struggling to cope in the stressful environment between managers and workers at St Helens’ Royal Mail office. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a contract worker at St Helens Delivery Office after working as a postman for more than ten years. Royal Mail workers …
Read More »Last posting day for Christmas is now MONDAY
Strike action announced by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has resulted in impending disruption to Royal Mail services Royal Mail’s last posting day for 2nd Class, 2nd Class Signed For and Royal Mail 48 deliveries will be Monday, the group has announced. Strike action announced by members of …
Read More »PEAK 2022 How are deliveries faring as more Royal Mail strike dates are added? PLUS warning of excess stock risks
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 »Warning as children have less than a week to send their letters to Santa
Parents have been warned to get their children’s letters to Santa sent off in good time as kids have just one week left to get a reply in time for Christmas. Children will be able to get an actual personalised letter response from the big man himself, thanks to Royal …
Read More »Louth man recalls his years working in UK Queen’s household and her pranks with staff
The late UK Queen’s former postmaster has revealed how the cherished monarch played pranks with the staff and initially called him the ‘scary postman’ because of his tattoo and earring. Mick Delaney spent 19 years at Buckingham Palace and said he has nothing but good things to say about the …
Read More »Harry speaks of a ‘dirty game’ as Netflix docuseries release date unveiled
The Duke of Sussex has spoken of a “dirty game” where there is “leaking” and “planting of stories” in a new trailer for his upcoming Netflix docuseries which will debut this week. In the one-minute teaser for the six-part Harry & Meghan series, he also discusses the “pain and suffering” …
Read More »‘A complete travesty’: Royal experts round on Sussexes after their latest Netflix trailer
Royal experts are rounding on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after their latest Netflix documentary trailer used a picture taken during an approved photo opp in South Africa was used to suggest intrusion from the press. Just days after an image in the first teaser was revealed to be …
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