Current Mail Centres & Distribution Centres etc.

[cloherty1976]

Some really good points above but the thing that concerns me most and people seem to miss the point sometimes is that they can move work to another mail centre quite quickly these days especially the second class. This takes hours of work out of offices and can even get rid of night and early shifts. So the best working offices will get the work and the less efficient will lose work.You only need to look at the offices mentioned which have lost second class. This is the same on logistics if you don't want the runs they move them to more efficient vocs where they are covered more efficiently..

[Shambles]

If you are permanent full time (and been in your duty more than 12 months) then temporarily promoted to Dist drivers then you should be able to have applied for the reserve duties. Seniority rules. Ask your union rep to get involved!

hi pcb
I have 33 year as a royal mail employee been mgv driving on substitution basis from processing.for the last 18 weeks been attached on a istribution contract a a long term mgv driver. unfortunately drivers rep seem to be working againt me. we have approach the area rep in mailcentre.
3 of the people iven the contracts have less than 10 year a ag drivers. im suitable an have the seniority but wasn`t iven the poition my record I excellent good conduct no sickness. only 3 pt on license.

Maybe you should talk to HQ's about the Rep to see if they can resolve it informally

[rainbowwarrior72]

With most offices closed before 6am we are doing a lot of lock and drop Most areas do it with a buddy system but GU Hub go in on their own Their Branch agreed that. The management want to goto that system rather then the buddy system and in the absence of a proper national agreement management do what they want. The only national agreement is one manning offices where there are guidelines to follow. The problem with mail centres taking on more work and lack of space work can't be stored.

[adb2aber]

I am assuming phase 2 is when they will start the process of Super Super Mail Centres. The view seems to be that RM want 3-4 MCs per region and big enough to accommodate a packet machine and another FSM. Most MCs have just the one FSM I think Thames Valley has 2 but might be wrong on that. Also with the new closures announced like Gloucester, Pompey, Cambridge, Ipswich, Shrewsbury and the others it stands to reason to expect some major reshuffling. Watford took on Luton work only to close 2years later.

Swindon only has one Tops2K now - the second (naturally the faster better machine of the two) was taken out years ago.

As for RG and SL moving in to a different site, there aren't really any codes that could viably go into SN in its place, unless Bristol loses GL - only other choice is BA or SP and they're both too far out for DO runs.

[rainbowwarrior72]

There are rumours coming out of Pompey about a big MC being built somewhere up the A31 the big question whats the long term future of Dorset MC?

[cloherty1976]

There are rumours coming out of Pompey about a big MC being built somewhere up the A31 the big question whats the long term future of Dorset MC?

I would check the planning dept and see if Royal Mail has purchased any land in the area. Otherwise you know how rumours start these days.

[dodger162]

If you read the prospectus there will be 37 MCs by 2016 and this means no further closures other than those already announced. There are always lots of rumours re MCs but closures and changes require huge investment and the closure programme has lasted for years. Probably likely that the smaller MCs will lose their 2nd class to larger ones.

[hubbahubba]

There are rumours coming out of Pompey about a big MC being built somewhere up the A31 the big question whats the long term future of Dorset MC?

I would check the planning dept and see if Royal Mail has purchased any land in the area. Otherwise you know how rumours start these days.

Sorry,can't see that at all.If PO/SO/BH MC's were all to shut a "super MC" on the A31 would be unlikely.Any new MC would be more central (M27/M3),which are also much better roads than the A31 which is little more than a dual carridgeway in most places,and runs through the NewForest.

[magnaman]

How about building a MC superhub at Bournemouth airport, where there is already a hub for uk airmail?

[dodger162]

Anyone have a list of MCs
that only handle 1st class?

[POSTMAN]

Closure of Leicester Mail Centre

The final move in the relocation of processing for the LE postcode area takes place on Monday 14th October, when the processing of inward mail - that's mail posted in other parts of the country for delivery to addresses in the LE postcode area - moves from the Leicester Mail Centre in Centurian Way, to the South Midlands Mail Centre Swan Valley, Northampton.

Outward posted mail is already being processed at South Midlands Mail Centre, so recipients of mail from the LE postcode area, may already have noticed an unfamiliar postmark on their standard mail.

[rainbowwarrior72]

Was talking to a Network driver last night re the selling of Londons MCs and he seemed to think that The Mount being sold off is a red herring due to the fact that they spent so much on it so far and because of the O Licence capacity it would cause problems operationally if they did sell the Undercroft and other bits also he said that the underground railway may be revamped and turned into a tourist attraction. Considering that they want to pedestianise Oxford St long term that underground railway could be still a money spinner ie transporting stuff

[Lounge Lizard]

Was talking to a Network driver last night re the selling of Londons MCs and he seemed to think that The Mount being sold off is a red herring due to the fact that they spent so much on it so far and because of the O Licence capacity it would cause problems operationally if they did sell the Undercroft and other bits also he said that the underground railway may be revamped and turned into a tourist attraction. Considering that they want to pedestianise Oxford St long term that underground railway could be still a money spinner ie transporting stuff

Yes, there's a planning application in for the underground mail railway at Mount Pleasant but I doubt if there will ever be public access to it from any of the other half dozen stations.

[shipmaster122]

It's been a while.. but I'm back again! :)

Is this list still of use? Probably outdated by now..

One thing I do notice is that Doncaster MC was due to close in 2012/13, but it looks to be still fully functional.

[rainbowwarrior72]

Needs updating but according to the bosses re closures we are on the home straight now I think you'll have to update in future after 2016 just reshuffling of post codes as work may moved in and out of surviving MCs