Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its Peterborough Mail Processing Centre. Customer should expect delays to mail in the following areas:

• Peterborough: Some mail posted yesterday in other parts of the UK, due for delivery today in the CB and PE postcode areas.

Royal Mail has also reported delivery delays in the following areas dude to local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors:

• Accrington DO (BB5)
• Canterbury DO (CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5 and CT6)
• Gosport DO (PO12 and PO13)
• Waterlooville DO (PO7 and PO8)

Royal Mail recommends posting your items before these dates  so they are received in time for Christmas:

Wednesday 18 December
2nd Class
2nd Class Signed For

Friday 20 December
1st Class
1st Class Signed For
Royal Mail Tracked 48^®

Saturday 21 December
Royal Mail Tracked 24^®

Monday 23 December
Special Delivery Guaranteed^®

PC2Paper will be closed from Tuesday the 24th of December  Until Friday the 27th of December, reopening on Monday the 30th of December. 

No mail will be sent during this time, any letters received after our  cut off time on Monday the 23rd of December will be queued in the system and sent when we reopen.

We will also be closed on Tuesday the 31st of December and Wednesday the 1st of January for the New Years holiday. No mail will be sent during this time, any letters received after our cut off time on the 30th of December will be queued in the system and sent when we reopen.

Daily cut-off times are 1pm for all tracked mail and 3pm for all other mail.

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its South Midlands Mail Processing Centre. Customers should expect delays in the following areas:

• South Midlands: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK, due for delivery today in the CV, LE, MK and NN postcode areas.

• Gatwick: Some mail posted in the BN and RH postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

We are currently seeing delays in mail posted to Scotland and Northern Ireland due to heavy snowfall. The following areas are currently affected:

• Northern Ireland
• Edinburgh
• Tyneside
• Glasgow
• Aberdeen
• Sheffield
• Inverness

Customers should expect deliveries to be delayed.

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its Sheffield and Northern Ireland Mail Processing Centres.

Customers should expect delays in the following areas:

• Sheffield: Some mail posted yesterday in the DN, HU, LN and S postcode areas, for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
• Northern Ireland: Some mail posted yesterday in the BT postcode area, for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

Royal Mail Tracked 24® services in some parts of the UK are affected as a result of snow disrupting the network. Some Royal Mail Tracked 24® items being processed at the mail centres listed below may be delivered later than planned:

• Northern Ireland
• Edinburgh
• Tyneside
• Glasgow
• Aberdeen
• Sheffield
• Inverness

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule at its London Central and Sheffield Mail Processing Centres yesterday. Customers should expect delays in the following areas:

• London Central North Mail Centre: Some mail posted in parts of the EC, N, W1 and WC postcode areas, for delivery across other parts of the UK.
• Sheffield Mail Centre: Some mail posted in parts of the DN, HU, LN and S postcode areas, for delivery across other parts of the UK.

Royal Mail has advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its Home Counties North and South Midlands Mail Processing Centres. Customers should expect delays to mail in the following areas:

• Home Counties North Mail Centre: Some mail posted in parts of the AL, EN, HP, LU, SG and WD postcode areas, for delivery across other parts of the UK.
• South Midlands Mail Centre: Some mail posted in parts of the CV, LE, MK and NN postcode areas, for delivery across other parts of the UK.

Royal Mail recommends sending your international mail before the following dates for delivery before Christmas:

International Standard (Untracked)

Tuesday 3 December
Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Central and South America, China (People’s Republic), Far and Middle East and New Zealand

Wednesday 4 December
Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Spain

Thursday 5 December
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic and Poland), France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey

Friday 6 December
Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden and USA

International Tracking and Signature services

Saturday 7 December
Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Romania and Sweden

Monday 9 December
Czech Republic, Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey and United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Wednesday 11 December
Austria, Denmark, India, Lithuania, Philippines, Qatar, Slovakia and Slovenia

Friday 13 December
Belgium, Canada, China (People’s Republic), Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, South Korea, Thailand and USA

Monday 16 December
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan