We are currently seeing delays to all mail caused by the recent postal strikes, customers should expect items to take much longer than usual to be delivered.

In addition to the above Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule at the following mail centres causing additional delays in these areas:

• Chester Mail Centre Some mail posted on Monday from across the UK, due for delivery today to addresses in the CH, LL and SY postcode areas.
• Exeter Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Monday from across the UK, due for delivery today to addresses in the EX and TQ postcode areas.
• Home Counties North Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Monday in the AL, EN, HP, LU, SG and WD postcode areas, due for delivery today to addresses across the rest of the UK.
• London Central Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Monday in the EC, N, W1 and WC postcode areas, due for delivery today to addresses across the rest of the UK.
• Manchester Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Monday in the BL, M, OL and SK postcode areas, due for delivery today to addresses across the rest of the UK.
• Northern Ireland Mail Centre Some mail posted on Monday from across the UK, due for delivery today to addresses in the BT postcode area.
• Peterborough Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Monday from across the UK, due for delivery today to addresses in the CB and PE postcode areas.
• Preston Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Monday in the BB, FY, LA and PR postcode areas, due for delivery today to addresses across the rest of the UK.
• Swansea Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Monday from across the UK, due for delivery today to addresses in the SA postcode area.
• Truro Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Monday from across the UK, due for delivery today to addresses in the TR postcode area.

The CWU has withdrawn planned strike action on 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 November.

Royal Mail have advised that many of its Mail Processing Centres have been disrupted due to recent strike action. The following Mail Centres have reported that not all mail was processed to schedule:

• Chelmsford Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the CM, CO and SS postcode areas.
• Croydon Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the BR, CR, SE and SM postcode areas.
• Exeter Mail Centre Some mailing posted other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the EX and TQ postcode areas.
• Gatwick Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the BN and RH postcode areas.
• Medway Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the CT, DA, ME and TN postcode areas.
• Sheffield Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the DN, HU, LN and S postcode areas.
• Swansea Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the SA postcode area.
• Plymouth Mail Centre Some mail posted yesterday in the PL postcode area,for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
• South Midlands Mail Centre Some mail posted yesterday in the CV, LE, MK and NN postcode areas, for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at the follwoing Mail Processing Centres:

• Cardiff Mail Centre Some mail posted other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the CF, LD and NP postcode areas.
• Chelmsford Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the CM, CO and SS postcode areas.
• Chester Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the CH, LL and SY postcode areas.
• Croydon Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the BR, CR, SE and SM postcode areas.
• Gatwick Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the BN and RH postcode areas.
• Medway Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the CT, DA, ME and TN postcode areas.
• Peterborough Mail Centre Some mail posted in other parts of the UK yesterday, for delivery today in the CB and PE postcode areas.
• Northern Ireland Mail Centre Some mail posted yesterday in the BT postcode area,for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
• Nottingham Mail Centre Some mail posted yesterday in the DE and NG postcode areas,for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
• Preston Mail Centre Some mail posted yesterday in the BB, FY, LA and PR postcode areas,for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

Customers should be aware that all of our mail has to pass through the Medway Mail Processing Centres so these delays are likely to affect all outgoing and incoming mail.

The CWU plan to call on their members who collect, sort, distribute and deliver parcels and letters to take strike action over three days from Wednesday 2 November up to and including Friday 4 November.

The planned strikes on Wednesday 2, Thursday 3 and Friday 4 November involve CWU members in different areas of our organisation, with each area taking strike action on different days. This means most services will only be affected on one or two of the days during the planned days of strike action that week.

We expect our business collections to be affected on the 3rd and 4th of November with no mail being collected from us on these days. We will continue to process all mail for collection when services resume on Monday the 7th of November.

Customers should expect delays to all mail services due to recent strike action. We expect all mail to take much longer than normal to be delivered.

Due to the postal strike on Tuesday the 25th of October there will be no mail services operating. We will still process all items as usual but no mail be collected from us until normal service resumes on Wednesday the 26th of October. During this time there will also be no received mail, so mailbox customers will see a delay.

As tracked services will be delayed during the postal strike, we will be removing these temporarily until normal service resumes. Special Delivery item are still being seen a priority but Royal Mail have currently suspended its next day delivery guarantee.

There is a planned Royal Mail Strike for Thursday the 20th of October. On this day PC2Paper will still process all mail for collection on Friday the 21st of October but no mail will be collected from us on this day.

There are no mail deliveries on this day so Mailbox customers should expect all incoming mail to be delayed.

We would also expect delays to any mail posted up to and during strike action as Royal Mail work to clear the backlog.

During the strike we will be suspending all tracked services temporarily as we cannot guarantee delivery times for these.

There will be Royal Mail collections of deliveries on the 13th of October due to strike action. Any mail received will be processed as normal but will not enter the postal system until normal service returns on Friday the 14th of October.

During this time we have suspended all tracked services as we cannot guarantee delivery times for these. In addition to this Royal Mail are not currently guaranteed next day delivery on Special Delivery items, although there will still take priority over other mail.

As we will will receive no postal deliveries, there will be no mail received for our Mailbox customers during strike action.

Customers should also expect several delays to mail sent up to, during and in the days after strike action. This will affect both sent and received mail.