Despite the planned national strikes for tomorrow, Friday 6th and Monday 9th November, the CWU have offered Royal Mail an interruption of strike action over the next couple of months.

The recent debates regarding Royal Mail could not be more pertinent – will customers revert to them? Or, have Royal Mail already lost their most profitable customer base?

Below is the e-mail communication we received from Royal Mail this evening.

Original source : http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent_business/news/2009/october/30/postal_strike_delivers_boost.aspx

West Malling-based Post and Packing Warehouse has reported a massive surge in interest from desperate businesses who need to find a way round the on-going industrial dispute.

“We have had a 175 per cent increase in the number of enquiries as well as a huge surge of traffic to our website with 350 new unique visitors this month,” said director Samantha Anderson. (more…)

Original article: http://www.homebusinessnetwork.co.uk/node/645

For the last three years, Post and Packing Warehouse (P&P) has supported a growing number of home workers and home based businesses with an outsourced mail room solution.

Director Samantha Anderson explains: (more…)

With more strikes planned for this Friday 6th and Monday 9th November, who is to say more won’t be announced again during this weeks industrisal action?

Below is the coummunication we have received from Royal Mail. Remember, if you have urgent or important items to post, we cn still send your letters, packets & parcels to their recepient without using the postal system.

Despite Royal Mail’s industrial action last week we benefitted from collections on each of the strike days which means your post is being kept on the move.

Whilst Special Deliveries are not being guaranteed on strike days, they are prioritised and for urgent letters and parcels addressed to PO Boxes this still seems the fastest and most secure way to send your mail as courier companies cannot deliver to PO box addresses.

For other postal alternatives we can offer you solutions to ensure your important letters, packets and parcels arrive at their intended destination within a particular time frame outside of the usual postal system; so please contact us for further details.

Keep an eye on this news page as the industrial action is set to continue.

Despite today’s postal strike if you have any urgent items to send out, here at P&P we can ensure they get through the postal system.

We have a number of options the most popular is our equivalent to Special Delivery which is delivered by DX.

As an independent postal retailer we do not solely rely on Royal Mail and can offer you all the options the industry has to offer.

Prices start at £5.10 + VAT for a next day delivery to mainland UK (excluding the highlands & islands)

Please don’t hesitate to call us on 01732 840 600 or pop in to see us.

As negotiations between the CWU and Royal Mail continue and uncertainty regarding the future of our postal services reigns, Royal Mail are keeping us informed of the day to day processing and logistical implications. (more…)

“Keep mail moving – over 900 managerial and contract drivers will move mail around the country on strike days” says Royal Mail’s customer services.

Despite not guaranteeing the Special Delivery service it is clear from this communication that they are prioritised and could therefore be a good way of sending important documents to PO box addresses… (more…)