Due to problems in the local area we have suspended our US printing station. Any mail bound for the US will be sent from our UK based printing station. We are working to reinstate the printing station as soon as possible and apologise for any inconvenience this temporary suspension may cause to customers.

PC2Paper has increased its UK prices this weekend to reflect the recent increases in postage prices from Royal Mail. The increases mean that a UK letter will now cost 56p to send via first class mail and 49p to send second class. Prices for letters sent to overseas destinations from our UK based printing station have also increased accordingly.

Friday the 21st of March and Monday 24th of March are public holidays in the UK. This means there is no mail delivery or collections on these days. Any letters sent via PC2Paper customers after close of business (5pm) on Thursday the 20th of March will not be processed until we reopen on Tuesday 25th March. Customers will still be able to send letters as normal but they will remain in the system as pending until the next working day.

Customers should also be aware that the public holidays may mean any letters sent on Thursday the 20th the March are not received until the middle of the following week. This is due to the fact that Royal Mail delivery staff do not work on public holidays, so although PC2Paper will have processed and sent your letter it may remain in the postal system over the long weekend.

PC2Paper are proud to present our latest offering, the PC2Paper Printer. It quite simply makes sending letters from your PC as easy as printing to your desktop printer. We have released the printer as a beta to allow customers to test the service and offer their feedback.

Once installed the PC2Paper Printer will appear on your PC as a normal printer.

If you want to send a real letter from the Internet, you can do so directly from your desktop PC. Open up your favourite word processing program, type a letter and select print to send your letter.

 

Selecting print will bring up the following dialogue box that will enable you to enter the receivers address and select your postage options.

To get started on the beta version of the PC2Paper Printer click here

PC2Paper now offer US certified mail from our US printing station. To use this service when sending a letter to the US, select the US printing station and then the option for certified mail.

When you send your mail certified we will email you a tracking id you can use to track the whereabouts of your letters from the US Postal services web site.

If you have any any more suggestions on services you would like to see from us, please do not hesitate to get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.

Its a new year and PC2Paper have just launched a range of new services. We have listened to our customers and added the services you have asked for. Sending a real letter from the Internet is still just as easy but now has lots of new options available.

Different Paper
We now offer different paper to print your letter on, from conqueror hi white premium laid paper to photo paper. You can choose how you want your letter printed from inkjet, black and white laser or colour laser printing.

Choose your envelope
You can now choose what envelope you send your letter in. If you don't want to fold your letter 3 times in a DL envelope then we now offer C5 envelopes (half of A4) for a single folded letter.

Special Delivery Options in the UK
We now offer Recorded Delivery and Special Next Day Delivery before 1pm in the UK.

International special delivery options and Certified Mail
We can now offer Airsure Signed for and International Signed For delivery for overseas mail sent from the UK. On sending your letter you will receive a tracking number so you can track the progress of your letter.
Certified mail is also available within the USA. This option also includes a tracking service so you can track the progress of your letter online.

Choose Your Printing Station
You can now choose which printing station you would like your mail to be sent from.

The last recommended posting dates for sending mail to South America and the Middle East from the UK have now passed. Any mail received for South and Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East, Australia and New Zealand can no longer be guaranteed for Christmas delivery.

Mail posted to the USA Canada, Japan and Eastern Europe from the UK should be posted by Monday 10th of December. Please note letters received for the USA are posted from our US based printing station and should be received by the 20th of December.

Mail posted to Western Europe should be posted by Thursday 13th of December.

Second class mail to the UK should be posted by Monday 17th of December.

First class mail to the UK should be posted by Thursday 20th of December.

Any mail received after these dates will still be processed and posted as normal but cannot be guaranteed for delivery before Christmas.

St Andrews will lose it main Post Office after a deal was reached to move the service into WH Smith. Despite a long running campaign to save the Post Office it is due to close next June. A spokesman has said that the decision will not result in a reduction in services.

A secret list of post office closures has been put on the internet by mistake. The list was meant to be kept secret until the start of a public consultation next summer but it appeared on the Post Office website last week before being quickly removed. For those who missed here the following post offices are due to close.

The following Post Office branches are proposed for closure in Kent
Approach Road, 63 Approach Road, Margate, CT9 2AP
Bellevue Road, 13 Bellevue Road, Ramsgate, CT11 8LB
Benenden Chest Hospital, Goddards Green Road, Cranbrook, TN17 4AX
Bidborough, 14 Bidborough Ridge, Tunbridge Wells TN3 0XD
Bingham Road, 185 Frindsbury Road, Rochester, ME2 4JN
Brompton, 25 High Street, Brompton, Gillingham, ME7 5AA
Byron Road, 34 Byron Road, Gillingham, ME7 5QH
Canterbury Road, 14-16 Canterbury Road, Whitstable, CT5 4EX
Capel Le Ferne, Capel Le Ferne Village Hall, Lancaster Avenue, Capel Le Ferne, Folkestone, CT18 7LX
Chalkwell, 69 London Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1NQ
Cliff's End, Cliff's End Village Hall, Foads Lane, Ramsgate CT12 5JH
Dane Road, 55 Upper Dane Road, Margate CT9 2NA
Denton, 4 East Milton Road, Gravesend, DA12 2JL
Duke Of York's School, Guston, Dover, CT15 5DZ
East Street, 85-89 East Street, Sittingbourne, ME10 4BL
Enbrook Valley, 99 Enbrook Valley, Eynsford, Folkestone, CT20 3NE
Eynsford, The Old Forge Tea Rooms, 2 Riverside, Dartford, DA4 0AE
Farningham, 3 High Street, Farningham, Dartford, DA40DG
Gills Green, Station Garage, Hawkhurst, TN18 5EP
Grange Road, 34 Grange Road, Ramsgate, CT11 9LP
Great Mongeham, Mongeham Farm, Deal, CT14 0HB
Hardy Street, 84-86 Hardy Street, Maidstone, ME14 2SJ
Hawkhurst, High Street, Cranbrook,TN18 4AA
Hectorage Road, 82 Goldsmid Road, Tonbridge, TN9 2BY
High Street, 3 High Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5LJ
High Street, 13 High Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 IHZ
Hythe Road, 79 Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24, 8PH
Langton Green, Langton Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0EG
Littlestone, 4 Warren Road, New Romney, TN28 8PN
Longfield Hill, Main Road, Longfield Hill, Dartford, DA3 7AS
Mead Road, 11 Mead Road, Dartford, DA1 2RH
Minnis Road, 137 Minnis Road, Birchington, CT7 9NS
New Bridge, 15 Bench Street, Dover, CT16 1JW
Northgate, 65 Northgate, Canterbury, CT1 1BB
Oaten Hill, 3-4 Oaten Hill, Canterbury, CT1 3HP
Rodmersham Green, 1 St Patricks Row, Sittingbourne, ME9 0PS
Saltwood, The Fountain Stores, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4PS
Seabrook Road, 246 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5RQ
Seal, 23-25 High Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, TN15 0AW
Shipbourne Road, 55 Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3DS
Shorncliffe, 2 Royal Military Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 3EF
Sole Street, The Little Shoppe, Sole Street, Gravesend, DA12 3AX
South Ashford, 108 Beaver Road, Ashford, TN23 7ST
South End, 115 High Street, Edenbridge, TN8 5AX
South Park, 192 Loose Road, Maidstone, ME15 7UF
South Willesborough, 62 Gladstone Road, Ashford, TN24 0BY
St Botolphs, 2 Station Parade, Sevenoaks,TN13 1DL
St Dunstans, 21-23 Whitstable Road, Canterbury, CT2 8DG
St Johns Road, 57 St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9TP
Station Road, 129 Station Road, Gillingham, ME8 7SP
Station Road, Station Road, Tonbridge, TN12 0QH
Temple Hill, 11 Temple Hill Square, Dartford, DA1 5HY
Tower Hamlets, 14 West Street, Dover, CT17 0DU
Upper Deal, 311 London Road, Deal, CT14 9PP
Westbrook, 101 Canterbury Road, Margate, CT9 5AX
Wilmington, 221 High Road, Dartford, DA2 7BU
Woodnesborough, The Street, Woodnesborough, Sandwich, CT13 0NF
Wrotham Road, 46 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, DA11 0QF

The following 77 Post Office branches are proposed for closure as part of the East Midlands plan:
Abbey Street, 17 Abbey Street, Derby DE22 3SJ
Annesley Road, 101 Annesley Road, Hucknall, Nottingham NG15 7DR
Ashbourne Road, 130 Ashbourne Road, Derby DE22 3AG
Bonsall Hollies Farm, Uppertown, Bonsall Matlock DE4 2AW
Bramcote Hills, 40A Sevenoaks, Crescent, Beeston NG9 3FW
Breadsall, 2 Rectory Lane, Breadsall DE21 5LL
Brook Street, 20a Brook Street, Grantham NG31 6PS
Bunny, Jet Garage, Brobot Petroleum Ltd, Loughborough Road, Bunny NG11 6QT
Carlton Valley , 56 Valley Road, Carlton, Nottingham NG4 1LT
Carnarvon Grove, 240 Huthwaite Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield NG17 2HF
Carr Vale,32 Main Street, Bolsover, Chesterfield S44 6JF
Carrington, 355 Mansfield Road, Carrington Nottingham NG5 2DA
Church Gresley, 35 Market Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote DE11 9PR
Cobden Street, 34 Cobden Street, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 1BP
Colston Bassett, Church Gate, Colston Bassett, Nottingham NG12 3FE
Edensor, The Post Office, Edensor, Bakewell DE45 1PH
Egginton, The School House, Church Road, Egginton, Derby DE65 6HP
Elmfield, 234 Elmton Road, Creswell, Worksop S80 4DZ
Epperstone, Main Street, Epperstone, Nottingham, NG14 6AD
Forest Side, 261 Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield NG17 4HG
Gedling, 98 Main Road, Gedling,Nottingham NG4 3HE
Great Hale, 4 High Street, Great Hale, Sleaford NG34 9LE
Heage, The Windmill Inn, 213-215 Park Road, Heage, Derby DE56 2AB
Heage Road, 133 Heage Road, Ripley, Derby DE5 3GG
Higham, Crown Inn, Main Road, Higham DE55 6EH
Hill Avenue, 26 Hill Avenue, Grantham NG31 9BD
Hill Top, 231 Nottingham Road, Eastwood, Nottingham NG16 3GS
Hillstown, 30 Nesbit Street, Bolsover, Chesterfield S44 6LW
Hodthorpe, 137 Queens Road, Hodthorpe, Worksop S80 4UP
Kirk Ireton, Barley Mow, Kirk Ireton , Ashbourne DE6 3JP
Langwith Junction, 8 East Veiw, Langwith Junction, Mansfield NG20 9AA
Laxton Main Street, Laxton, Newark NG22 0NX
Leabrooks, 69 Main Road, Leabrooks, Alfreton DE55 1LA
Mansfield Road, 102 Mansfield Road, Alfreton DE55 7JP
Mansfield Road, 164 Mansfield Road, Derby DE1 3RA
Mansfield Road, 88 Mansfield Road, Heanor DE75 7AQ
Market Place, 16 Market Place, Ashbourne DE6 1ES
Marston Montgomery, 2 Thurvaston Road, Ashbourne DE6 2FF
Matlock Bank, 83 Smedley, Street East, Matlock DE4 3FQ
Melton Road, 95a Melton Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6EN
Model Village, 5 Colonade, Shirebrook, Mansfield, NG20 8BL
Moorhall, 12 Moorhall, Bakewell DE45 1FT
New Lenton, 17 Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 2ET
Newgate Lane, 114 Newgate Lane, Mansfield NG18 2QB
Newlands, 85 Clipstone Road East, Forest Town, Mansfield NG19 0HT
Newton Solney, 16 Main Street, Newton Solney, Burton-On-Trent DE15 0SJ
Normanton-On-Soar, 73 Main Street, Normanton-On-Soar LE12 5HB
Nottingham Road, 111 Nottingham Road, Alfreton, Derby DE55 7GR
Nottingham Road, 114 Nottingham Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 2BZ
Nottingham Road, 123 Nottingham Road, Mansfield NG18 4AJ
Nuthall, 1 Kimberley Road, Nuthall, Nottingham NG16 1DA
Old Somerby, The Old School, Old Somerby, Grantham NG33 4AB
Ollerton, Saville House, Station Road, Ollerton, Newark NG22 9BN
Openwoodgate, 4 Kilburn Lane, Openwoodgate, Belper DE56 0SF
Pear Tree, 157-159 St Thomas, Road, Pear Tree, Derby DE23 8RH
Red Hill, 69 Red Hill Road, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 8GX
Roper Avenue, 113 Roper Avenue, Heanor DE75 7DA
Ryhall Road, 60 Ryhall Road, Stamford PE9 1UF
Rylands, 44 Meadow Road, Beeston NG9 1JT
Shelton Lock, 211 Derby Road, Chellaston, Derby DE73 5SE
Shuttlewood, 72 Chesterfield Road, Shuttlewood, Chesterfield S44 6QT
Sneinton Dale, 197 Sneinton Dale, Nottingham NG2 4HU
South Wingfield, 11 Inns Lane, South Wingfield, Alfreton DE55 7LW
Stanfree, 12 Clowne Road, Chesterfield S44 6AW
Stanton By Dale, School House, Stanton By Dale, Ilkeston DE7 4QJ
Starkholmes, 133 Starkholmes, Road Matlock E4 5JA
Stirling Road, 6 Stirling Road Stamford, PE9 2XG
The Harlequin, 50 Grantham Road, Radcliffe On Trent, Nottingham NG12 2HS
Uffington, Croft Farm, Uffington, Stamford PE9 4SX
Warsop Road, 7 Warsop Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield NG19 9LE
Western Valley, 304-306 Valley Road, Nottingham NG5 1HW
Westhouses, 1 Alfreton Road, Westhouses, Alfreton DE55 5AH
Westville, The Wyvern Centre, Watnall Road, Nottingham NG15 7LD
Wilmorton, 707 London Road, Derby DE24 8UQ
Wolds Drive, 77 Wolds Drive, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5FS
Wollaton Avenue, 4 Wollaton Avenue, Gedling NG4 4HX
Woodland Grove, 720/722 Mansfield Road, Woodthorpe, Nottingham NG5 3FW

The following 11 branches are proposed for closure and replacement by an 'outreach solution'- most likely a touring van.
Anwick, 1a River Lane, Anwick, Sleaford NG34 9SP
Allington, The Green, Allington, Grantham NG32 2EA
Barkston, 5 Church Street, Barkston, Grantham NG32 2NB
Brant Broughton, The Forge, High Street, Brant Broughton , Lincoln LN5 0SL
Castle Bytham, 19-21 Pinfold Road, Castle Bytham Grantham NG33 4RG
Folkingham, The Old School, 7 Market Place, Folkingham, Sleaford NG34 0SE
Harby Low Street, Harby, Newark NG23 7EA
Kinoulton, Hall Lane, Kinoulton, Nottingham NG12 3EF
Rippingale, 5 Middle Street, Rippingale, Bourne PE10 0SU
South Witham, 14 High Street, South Witham, Grantham NG33 5QB
Woolsthorpe, Main Street, Woolsthorpe, Grantham NG32 1LY

The following 45 Post Office branches are proposed for closure as part of the East Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Lincolnshire plan:
Adwick-Le –Street 2 Church Lane Adwick-Le-Street Doncaster DN6 7AQ
Ashby Cum Fenby Chapel Lane Ashby Cum Fenby Grimsby DN37 0QT
Bailgate 90 Bailgate Lincoln LN1 3AE
Balby 296 Balby Road Balby Doncaster DN4 0QF
Bennetthorpe 2b Bennetthorpe Doncaster DN2 6AD
Bole 6 South Street Bole Retford DN22 9EJ
Brackenborough Road 8 Brackenborough Road Louth LN11 0AE
Brocklesby Main Road Grimsby DN41 8PP
Burringham Road 78 Burringham Road Scunthorpe DN17 2DE
Cuckney 5 Ten Row Cuckney Mansfield NG20 9LY
East Ashby 46 High Street Ashby Scunthorpe DN16 2ND
Fishlake Main Street Fishlake Doncaster DN7 5JH
Fleetgate 40/42 Newport Barton-Upon-Humber DN18 5QG
Foggathorpe 8 Station Road Foggathorpe Selby YO8 6PU
Golf Road 47 Golf Road Mablethorpe LN12 1LS
Grimoldby 34 Tinkle Street, Grimoldby Louth LN11 8SW
Grovehill Road 165 Grovehill Road Beverley HU17 0ET
Habrough The Stables, Station Hotel Habrough DN40 3AP
Hatfield Woodhouse Main Street Hatfield Woodhouse Doncaster DN7 6NF
Hawthorn Avenue 43 Hawthorn Avenue Hull HU3 5PA
Hollym Silver Leys, North, Leys Road, Hollym Withernsea HU19 2QN
Humberstone Road 84 Humberstone Road Grimsby DN32 8AZ
Hundleby 30 Main Road Hundleby Spilsby PE23 5LS
Hyde Park 55 Carr House Road Doncaster DN1 2BY
Kirk Ella 1 Packman Lane Kirk Ella Hull HU10 7TH
Lambert Road 65 Lambert Road Grimsby DN32 0NW
Mappleton Cliff Lane Mappleton Hornsea HU18 1XX
Marfleet 993 Hedon Road Marfleet Hull HU9 5QP
Markby Sutton Road Markby Alford LN13 9QJ
New Hexthorpe 70 Hexthorpe Doncaster DN4 0AJ
Newland 504 Beverley Road Hull HU5 1NA
Newmarket 161 Newmarket Louth LN11 9EJ
Northfield 111-113 King Edward Road, Thorne Doncaster DN8 4DD
Northorpe 3/5 Manor Road Northorpe Gainsborough DN21 4AA
Princes Avenue 75 Princes Avenue Hull HU5 3QU
Raines Avenue 361 Carlton Road Worksop S81 7PQ
Skidby c/o Methodist Church Main Street Skidby Cottingham HU16 5TH
South Somercotes South Somercotes Louth LN11 7BH
Spring Bank 153 Spring Bank Hull HU3 1BN
St Peters At Gowts 85 High Street Lincoln LN5 7QW Lincoln
Trinity Street 142 Trinity Street Gainsborough DN21 1JD
Warsop Vale Carter Lane Warsop Vale Mansfield NG20 8XE
Welton 24 Church Street Welton Brough HU15 1NH
West Rasen West Rasen Market Rasen LN8 3LS
Westfield Avenue 136-138 Pasture Road Goole DN14 6HF

The following 24 branches are proposed for replacement by an 'outreach solution - most likely a touring van:
Belchford Rimmer House Horncastle LN9 6LQ
Blyton 64 High Street Gainsborough DN21 3LA
Corringham A H Hardwick & Sons (Butchers) 7 Middle Street Corringham Gainsborough DN21 5QT
Eastoft High Street Eastoft Scunthorpe DN17 4PA
Faldingworth High Street Faldingworth Lincoln LN8 3SE
Hagworthingham Main Road Hagworthingham Spilsby PE23 4NA
Haltham Haltham Garage Main Road, Haltham Horncastle LN9 6JQ
Huttoft Alford Road Huttoft Alford LN13 9RB
Ingham 24 The Green Ingham Lincoln LN1 2XT
Langworth Station Road Langworth Lincoln LN3 5BB
Little Steeping Main Road Spilsby PE23 5BL
Lockington School Farm Front Street Lockington Driffield YO25 9SH
Maltby-Le-Marsh Main Road Maltby-Le-Marsh Alford LN13 0JP
New Leake Boston Road Eastville Boston PE22 8LJ
North Kelsey North Kelsey Market Rasen LN7 6EB
North Newbald The Green North Newbald York YO43 4SA
Rampton The Green Adjacent Eyre Arms (Public House), Rampton Retford DN22 0HR
Reedness Main Street Reedness Goole DN14 8ET
Scampton RAF Station Scampton RAF Camp Scampton Lincoln LN1 2TR
Tealby Tealby Village Hall Outbuilding,Tennyson Eyncourt Memorial Hall Tealby Market Rasen LN8 3XU
Upton 1 High Street Upton Gainsborough DN21 5NL
Welton Le Marsh Village PO Main Road Spilsby PE23 5TA
West Butterwick15 West Street West Butterwick Scunthorpe DN17 3JZ
Wroot High Street Wroot Doncaster DN9

PC2Paper users can now view and download invoices showing all of their monthly transactions. This new feature can be accessed from the left hand menu after you have logged into your account. We have added the feature so that customers can download a full record of their past transactions and keep track on their monthly spend.

Union leaders have recommended that their members accept a deal on pay and flexible working that could end the long running postal dispute. Royal mail has offered its staff a pay rise of 5.4%. However, the deal does not address concerns over working hours which could still mean daily deliveries are shifted to the afternoon. The proposed deal will now be subject to a ballot of individual members.

Postal workers in Liverpool have agreed to end an unofficial strike which has now lasted nine days. The strike action was called off after workers were offered the right of negotiation over flexible working hours. Workers will return to work today with deliveries resuming on Friday. PC2Paper customers should expect delays to mail sent to this area whilst postal workers work to clear the backlog.

Around 800 postal workers in Merseyside are continuing their unofficial strike action. This is despite hopes of a deal to end the national postal strikes. These wildcat strikes continue to affect 21 sorting offices in Merseyside. PC2Paper users should expect delays to any mail to this area.

Further strike action planned for this week has now been called off by the Communication Workers Union. The union is currently holding talks to decide whether or not to accept a Royal Mail deal. An announcement is expected later today on whether the terms will be accepted.

Despite hopes that Royal Mail and the CWU have reached a deal to prevent the strikes there are still unofficial strikes in some locations. Postal workers in Merseyside are continuing with their fifth day of strikes causing further disruption in the area. PC2Paper users should expect delays to mail in these areas.

Union leaders will meet today to discuss whether to accept a deal to end strike action. The agreement was brokered on Friday and in aimed at ending the dispute. Union leaders will meet at 2pm today to discuss the terms, with Royal Mail workers being balloted by post. The details of the terms are expected to be released after the meeting.

Talks have resumed between Royal Mail and postal union leaders today with a view to stopping official strike action planned for next week. Despite the talks unofficial strike action is continuing in Liverpool with all 21 delivery depots walking out. This will cause further delays to deliveries in this area. If talks between the two sides fail there are due to be further postal strikes next week.

Unofficial strikes have continued today in some parts of the country. Postal workers in London and Liverpool took part in a second day of unofficial strikes with the action spreading to Merseyside. The rest of the country’s 1,500 delivery offices were working normally today clearing the backlog from last week’s strikes. However, these unofficial strikes will cause further delays to mail in some areas.

Despite the organised strike action by postal workers finishing this morning there have been reports of some unofficial strike action continuing in some regions. Staff at more than 20 delivery offices including parts of London, Glasgow, Merseyside and Lancashire have continued to strike in protests related to their working hours. Some reports suggest that staff continued to strike after turning up for work only to be told that their workings hours had been changed without prior agreement. Mail posted to the affected areas will be subject to further delays.

Although the current postal strike is now over and mail will now be posted daily as normal, we would like to remind customers to expect a delay in delivery times. Mail is likely to be delayed whilst Royal Mail staff work hard to clear the backlog. During this time we cannot guarantee delivery times.

We would like to remind customers that due to the current postal strikes in the UK any mail sent from Thursday 4th of October to Tuesday 9th of October will be delayed. There are now no postage collections or deliveries until Wednesday 10th of October. Any letters received during this time, will be processed on Wednesday 10th of October. There may also be delays to postage times in the days following the strike as postal workers work to clear the backlog of mail. All US bound mail is unaffected.

The Communication Workers Union has announced more strikes which will take place in October. These will start with a 48 hour strike on the 5th & 6th October and a 48 hour strike on the 8th & 9th October. From the week commencing the 15th October there will also be a rolling programme of strikes which will continue weekly until the dispute is resolved. During this time PC2Paper cannot guarantee delivery times.

The Communication Workers Union has said they will announce further strikes after they failed to reach an agreement with Royal Mail after five days of talks. Whilst they have made some progress it was not enough to avert the treat of further action. If the strikes go ahead they would take place before the end of September.

Postal workers in Stoke-on-Trent have returned to work after staging an unofficial strike after twelve of their colleagues were suspended. The strike has caused disruptions in the Stoke-on-Trent area and mail may be delayed for the next few days.

Talks between the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail to try and resolve the pay dispute responsible for the recent strikes concluded on Sunday 9th of September. As yet no agreement has been reached. The Union has informed Royal Mail that they will extend the period of calm and are prepared to enter into further talks. There is currently no threat of further industrial action.

We have now launched a Developer section on www.pc2paper.co.uk to help developers create new applications and integrate their existing back end systems with PC2Paper's API interface, enabling easier sending of real letters from the Internet using our service.

The area consists of a chat section for developers to raise questions with us and other developers and an API documentation section. All these features will also be backed up with updates from our blog site www.pc2paper.org.

There are no sign up fees to use our API interface, it is enabled on all PC2Paper accounts as standard. If you are a business or just a novice programmer who would like to integrate with our service please visit our Developer section.

Royal Mail has been given the go-ahead to increase the price of a second class stamp. The rise could mean that the cost of a second class stamp could rise to 29p by 2010. The price increase which has been approved by the regulator should help Royal Mail to tackle its deteriorating financial situation.

PC2Paper now allows you to upload your contacts as a spreadsheet file.

1. After you have logged into your PC2Paper account click on My Address Book 
   
    
   you will find a new option here called Add a new address list, click on it.
   
   
2. You will now be asked to give your address list a name.
   
   
   Give your address list a name and then save it.
   
   
3. On the next step select Upload an address list.
   
   
   
   
4. On this step you will be given the option to upload your address book
   
    
   
   You will need to follow the instruction carefully on this page on how to format your spreadsheet a sample spreadsheet is available for you to download in MS Excel format to see how its done. Once you have formatted your data correctly in your favourite spreadsheet program you will need to save it as a TAB delimited file.  When representing different countries in your spreadsheet you will need to use the PC2Paper country code a copy of which is available for download here the default for the UK is 1.
   
   
5. Save an MS Excel spreadsheet as a TAB delimited file from Excel by click File > Save As and then selecting Text (Tab delimited)(*.txt) in the Save as type: dialogue that appears below.