More closure rumours

[SpacePhoenix]

Royal Mail have never said PO Mail centre is closing!

How many MCs that have been under review have avoided closure?

[rainbowwarrior72]

Royal Mail have never said PO Mail centre is closing!

Abit of wishful thinking but I think PO is on borrowed time now but also so is SO which may make it easier in the long term for PO staff to cope with as I think the plan is that PO relocate up the A27 short term as I've heard SO are moving as I think the airport want the land back so we'll get a spanking new World Class MC.

[SpacePhoenix]

Royal Mail have never said PO Mail centre is closing!

Abit of wishful thinking but I think PO is on borrowed time now but also so is SO which may make it easier in the long term for PO staff to cope with as I think the plan is that PO relocate up the A27 short term as I've heard SO are moving as I think the airport want the land back so we'll get a spanking new World Class MC.

Gatwick MC might also be on borrowed time was well as when I looked at the potential locations for the 2nd runway at Gatwick, I think one of them includes where Gatwick MC is.

@hubbahubba does the old Ford site come under Southampton City Council or Hampshire County Council?

[rainbowwarrior72]

Gatwick could be and there is a plan B if it goes ahead. The problem is that SE1-28 would be a trek from wherever they move to as the plan is to close and merge with Croydon

[silly suffolk]

Royal Mail have never said PO Mail centre is closing!

How many MCs that have been under review have avoided closure?

truro?

[rainbowwarrior72]

Ipswich are going too

[SpacePhoenix]

Ipswich are going too

Into HCN or South Mids?

[rainbowwarrior72]

I did hear that Ipswich moving in with Norwich

[Red Robbo]

Gloucester closing next month.

[silly suffolk]

Ipswich are going too

thanks for that.

[hubbahubba]

Royal Mail have never said PO Mail centre is closing!

Abit of wishful thinking but I think PO is on borrowed time now but also so is SO which may make it easier in the long term for PO staff to cope with as I think the plan is that PO relocate up the A27 short term as I've heard SO are moving as I think the airport want the land back so we'll get a spanking new World Class MC.

Gatwick MC might also be on borrowed time was well as when I looked at the potential locations for the 2nd runway at Gatwick, I think one of them includes where Gatwick MC is.

@hubbahubba does the old Ford site come under Southampton City Council or Hampshire County Council?

Southampton CC i believe,but the Ford site is a red herring.
If,and its a big if,SOMC was to close/merge in the near future,i think you'd be looking at a new site on the M3 or M27 corridor,and any new MC would certainly have a packet sorting machine,and to make that cost effective it would probably handle all 2c parcels for a massive geographical area,much like the TOPPS2000 FSM that the larger MCs now use.

[adb2aber]

Ipswich are going too

Into HCN or South Mids?

Surely in with NR or CM/CO/SS you mean, being the closest MCs?

[silly suffolk]

Ipswich are going too

Into HCN or South Mids?

Surely in with NR or CM/CO/SS you mean, being the closest MCs?

announcement end of march. wonder what it will be?

[rainbowwarrior72]

Don't forget CB is going as well but they are going in with PE

[silly suffolk]

Don't forget CB is going as well but they are going in with PE

already gone.