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New Postal Strikes – Small Businesses Paying the Price
 Small
and medium sized businesses spend millions
of pounds on their post every day, and are
the ones paying the price as the postal
strikes continue.
Each day on average,
over £2million of post is sent by small and
medium sized businesses; and the strikes
could cause cash flow problems, customer
relationship problems, or even the failure
of a business if payments or invoices are
delayed by even just a few days.
Natalie Evans, Head of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce,
said: “Most smaller sized businesses have no
option but to use Royal Mail and
collectively spend millions of pounds each
day on their post. This series of strikes is
doing nothing but cause delay and
frustration for those who rely on the postal
service and the sooner it is resolved the
better."
With strikes continuing until at least the 8th August (with
different sites at different times), the
problem is not likely to get better anytime
soon. You should make sure that customers
and suppliers are aware of potential delays,
and try to plan ways around the problems
(E.g.: Paying directly into a bank account
instead of sending a cheque) to ensure your
cashflow is affected as little as possible.
The Royal Mail helplines will be operating, but will be extremely
busy: 08457 740 740 and 08457 950 950
For more information on deciding which
postal delivery company is suitable
for your
business, visit
our free article “Sending Business Post”
here.
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