Businesses advised to plan around the expected Royal Mail strike

If you use Royal Mail to deliver your goods, you should be aware of the planned industrial action that is due to take place on:

• Thursday 8 September
• Friday 9 September

Royal Mail's services will be affected by delays to mail posted the day before, during, or in the days after any strike action.

Royal Mail has contingency plans, but they cannot fully replace the daily efforts of its frontline workforce. They say that they will be doing what they can to keep services running, but customers should expect significant disruption. 

On days when strike action is taking place, they say they will: 

• Deliver as many Special Delivery and Tracked24 parcels as possible.
• Prioritise the delivery of COVID test kits and medical prescriptions, wherever possible.
• Not be delivering letters (with the exception of Special Delivery).

To avoid disruption to your business, it is advised to:

• Post your items as early as possible in advance of the strike dates.
• Continue to post your items at postboxes or post offices, however, collections will be less frequent on days when strike action is taking place.

You can see the notice on the Royal Mail website here.

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