sunday and bank holiday collections

[cee24]

Yet again more cost cutting from leighton and crozier ,giving the public a service!!!??? bollocks :lfo :cfo

[POSTMAN]

Finished today.

[lovejoy]

Sunday postal collections ended

Mail has been collected on Sundays for 17 years
The Royal Mail has ended Sunday postal collections after 17 years in what it calls an effort to improve efficiency.
It said mail had been collected from a sixth of its 118,000 post boxes and 50 business customers on Sundays.

Accounting for 1% of all mail posted, items collected on Sundays cost four times as much to process as those collected on other days, it said.

The Communication Workers Union says the move will erode postal services and cut the earning potential of staff.

The move comes as thousands of postal workers are set to start voting on a new deal on pay and conditions after a series of strikes.

Royal Mail reintroduced a Sunday collection in 1990.

The firm says it is now operating in a competitive postal market and stopping the Sunday collection was a way of reducing costs "with the minimum of disruption".

"Given the disproportionate cost of providing Sunday collections, and the low importance many consumers attach to such collections, ceasing this service makes commercial sense," it said.

[dave7634]

Sunday postal collections ended

Mail has been collected on Sundays for 17 years
The Royal Mail has ended Sunday postal collections after 17 years in what it calls an effort to improve efficiency.
It said mail had been collected from a sixth of its 118,000 post boxes and 50 business customers on Sundays.

Accounting for 1% of all mail posted, items collected on Sundays cost four times as much to process as those collected on other days, it said.

The Communication Workers Union says the move will erode postal services and cut the earning potential of staff.

The move comes as thousands of postal workers are set to start voting on a new deal on pay and conditions after a series of strikes.

Royal Mail reintroduced a Sunday collection in 1990.

The firm says it is now operating in a competitive postal market and stopping the Sunday collection was a way of reducing costs "with the minimum of disruption".

"Given the disproportionate cost of providing Sunday collections, and the low importance many consumers attach to such collections, ceasing this service makes commercial sense," it said.

Instead of killing Sunday Collections off because the public didn't use it, why not advertise it instead and make them aware that we did this service? Surely in a market where a foot in the door is worth far more these days it would have made more sense? Royal Mail just seem to be cutting the public service not encouraging it. Don't they want the money?

[rockmanrock]

slash and burn again !
where is the vision ?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

slash and burn again !
where is the vision ?

In their back pockets along with all the other "efficiency" bonuses.

[not me]

the people slating the strikes and complaining posties just wanted the money will be the same ones whining when the realisation of how stripped down the postal service is in a year or two

[simply_the_best]

the people slating the strikes and complaining posties just wanted the money will be the same ones whining when the realisation of how stripped down the postal service is in a year or two

i have had quite a few run ins with posters on another message board over the strikes and made that very point, some folk will be pining to get the mail service back if :lfo and :cfo get their way.

[solcat]

the people slating the strikes and complaining posties just wanted the money will be the same ones whining when the realisation of how stripped down the postal service is in a year or two

Is the correct answer

[DirtyHarry]

slash and burn again !
where is the vision ?

That would need executives with a modicum of entrepreneurial skill, mate. Businessmen with some business acumen. Unfortunately, we're lumbered
with these two :lfo & :cfo .

[thekiddykid]

How long before these sunday collections are reinstated in the run up to Christmas???? When boxes are not emptied from lunch time on saturdays until monday mornings in town centres they will be rammed full and more than likely overflowing with cards!!!. Never mind it will save a few quid and b****x to the public. Another good move Adam

[POSTMAN]

We've got a customer on here that uses or rather used the Sunday boxes and his business is now pratically shagged.
And he sent s**t loads an all,it couldn't of cost that much ffs could it!