National Processing Group announcement

[rustictripod]

Any information on todays announcement please...

[haynes]

What announcement regarding?

[rustictripod]

What three mail centres are being discussed about closing

[hubbahubba]

Don't hold yer breath.........

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[Red Robbo]

I bet it won't be discussed until after a lunch and then it will be announced tomorrow

[Stampy]

I bet it won't be discussed until after a lunch and then it will be announced tomorrow

Hopefully, by that time, they will have sobered up........ :)

[rustictripod]

Has anybody heard anything...anything at all about yesterdays announcement?

[Red Robbo]

Gloucester is to be reviewed under the Consultation Process on Mail Centre Rationalisation, process to start soon, do not know what other Mail Centre's are.

[dodger162]

Assume Gloucester will go into Bristol MC? Once a review begins, the decision has already been made.

[Red Robbo]

In 2006 we were in the Thames Valley when they announced our closure the first time and then they go and closed Oxford and Reading, I don't think we shall be so lucky this time.
If we are moved into Bristol many will follow the work just to keep a job.

[dodger162]

I think it will be Britol as Swindon probably couldn't cope with anymore traffic. On another thread someone has mentioned Cambridge is one of the other ones which would go into Peterborough if this is correct. Can ayone confirm?

[rustictripod]

The latest I heard is GL to BS, PL to EX and SA to CF gloucester will find out on Tuesday

[dodger162]

All of those seem likely. TR is too far away to go into Exeter. The NPG meeting apparently only discussed the next 3 Mail Centre reviews and reading the various forums recently all of these have been mentioned, Shrewsbury, Gloucester, Cambridge, Swansea and Plymouth. What will happen to the Dorset/Southampton/Portsmouth group? Dorset has iLSMs and this would normally indicate that the MC is safe but couldn't these merge into one?

[rustictripod]

If GL does go to BS will it be a new build mail centre or the current location. Filton has been sold to build 2,500 new homes

[patrickstar]

would be nice to hear the future of dorset mail centre as i work there and its so depressing at the moment.most of us think it will go