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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called on its members who collect, sort and deliver parcels and letters to take strike action on the following dates:

Please note that these dates are subject to change at any time and strikes may be cancelled prior to or on the day.

Thursday 24 November

Next collection Monday 28 November

Friday 25 November

Next collection Monday 28 November

Wednesday 30 November

Next collection Friday 2 December

Thursday 1 December

Next collection Friday 2 December

Friday 9 December

Next collection Monday 12 December

Wednesday 14 December

Next collection Friday 16 December

Thursday 15 December

Next collection Friday 16 December

We’re sorry this strike action is likely to cause you some disruption. Royal Mail will be working to get their services back to normal as quickly as possible. Royal Mail has well-developed contingency plans, but they cannot fully replace the daily efforts of their frontline workforce. They will be doing what they can to keep services running, but you should expect significant disruption on dates when strike action is taking place. 

They will deliver as many Tracked 24/48 parcels as possible, however, significantly reduced resources mean there will be a delay to some Tracked 24/48 items during strike action and the days before & after may be some delays.

They won’t be able to provide a collection service to business customers (Thats us) on days when strikes are taking place. They're asking customers to hold items until after strike action finishes. Business collections will resume on the next working day after a strike. 

We have a scheduled business collection every day from Royal Mail so this will affect us unfortunately during these days and out of our hands but will continue on as normal it's just that some parcels ordered on or around the dates above may be delayed an extra day or more.

We apologise in advance for this but hopefully Royal Mail will resume business back to normal after these dates.

Last order dates for Christmas

Below are the dates Royal Mail have sent to us for our business collection dates over the Christmas period, please make sure that you place your order before 3pm on the following dates below, all Royal Mail collection and delivery dates over the Christmas and New Year dates are listed below:

Please Note: Dates may change nearer the time and are only guides so please check prior to placing any orders. Please note that we cannot guarantee delivery dates will be accurate due to strikes, Christmas busy period & bad weather which are all causing delays that are out of our control but hopefully delays (If any) will be resolved quickly.

Friday 16 December 

Normal deliveries and collections (Last day for 48hr tracked collections)

Saturday 17 December

Normal deliveries

Sunday 18 December

Normal Sunday deliveries

Monday 19 December 

Normal deliveries and collections (Last day for 24hr tracked collections)

Tuesday 20 December 

Normal deliveries

Wednesday 21 December 

Normal deliveries

Thursday 22 December 

Normal deliveries

Friday 23 December 

Normal deliveries

Christmas Eve 

Saturday 24 December 

Normal deliveries

Christmas Day

Sunday 25 December 

No deliveries or collections 

Boxing Day

Monday 26 December 

No deliveries or collections 

Christmas Day Bank Holiday 

Tuesday 27 December 

No deliveries or collections 

Wednesday 28 December 

Normal deliveries and collections (Next collection for 24hr & 48hr collections)

Thursday 29 December 

Normal deliveries and collections (Last collection for 48hr collections) 

Friday 30 December 

Normal deliveries and collections (Last collection for 24hr collections) 

New Year’s Eve 

Saturday 31 December 

Normal deliveries

New Year’s Day 

Sunday 1 January 2023 

No deliveries or collections 

New Year Bank Holiday 

Monday 2 January 2023 

No deliveries or collections 

Tuesday 3 January 2023 

Public Holiday in Scotland 

Normal deliveries and collections - exception for Scotland