Tag Archives: Christmas

DPD has suspended deliveries in nearly 50 postcodes around Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire as Christmas approaches. Due to the inconvenience caused by Royal Mail’s industrial action on Sunday, December 11, the parcel company has announced delays in its next-day delivery service. After a long-running disagreement about jobs, wages, and working …

Christmas is officially just nine days away, meaning you might find that you still have quite a few things left to finish up, including some last minute gifts. If, like so many of us, you are thinking about getting some last minute orders in online, then you might want to …

People hoping to get their letters to loved ones in time for Christmas must post them today if they are certain types of postage, the Royal Mail has warned. On the company’s website, it has set a number of deadlines on when packages and letters need to be posted in …

A ‘missed delivery’ scam email purporting to be from Royal Mail has been reported to police more than 400 times. Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for Cyber Crime, has issued an alert about the fake emails. It says: “The emails claim that the recipient missed a delivery and …

Proposed reforms include Royal Mail’s parcel arm switching to hundreds of freelance “owner-driver” postal workers. Until recently, only a quarter of Parcelforce drivers could be self-employed, but the changes will mean this can be lifted to 100pc, for instance. Royal Mail expects to rack up losses between £350m and £450m …

As the Royal Mail strikes continue, many people will be feeling frustrated about the lack of Christmas post and parcel deliveries. While the Communication Workers Union (CWU) continues to take industrial action throughout December, many people will be frantically posting letters before the final deadline for postage. However, this date …

Is your Christmas present sitting in Royal Mail’s parcel mountain? Letters and packages are pictured piling up outside sorting office as workers continue strike action – and retailers urge Britons to buy presents in person Aerial shots revealed hundreds of cages containing delivery items neatly lined up at the Filton …

Foxes and rats have been seen gnawing at mountains of Christmas presents outside Royal Mail depots as staff go on strike. Thousands of undelivered items were left in containers outside the Royal Mail depot in Filton, Bristol. Sources claim foxes and rats have been chewing through the packages, which have …

Royal Mail workers in Swadlincote were taking part in strike action today. They were manning a picket line outside the town’s sorting office off Swadlincote in freezing temperatures. The action was part of a national strike by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), with dates also set for strikes …

Royal Mail workers will continue to be taking strike action in the lead up to Christmas. Members of the Communication Workers Unions (CWU) will be taking part in days of strike action today (December 15), December 23 and December 24. The CWU and Royal Mail have held talks in recent …