The effect of the Royal Mail staff strike for online businesses

Royal Mail staff have decided to strike and with thousands of eBay sellers using the Royal Mail service, there’s questions on how this will affect them

Though the effect of the strike is meant to be limited today, the fact is Royal Mail staff have decided a national postal strike is the best resolution to their outstanding issues even though it may drive users away from the service. With rumours of Amazon, British Gas and BT planning to move from Royal Mail due to this disruption, the future of the service appears bleak. Even the postal affairs minister, Tony Young, has stated that “a national postal strike is completely self defeating and will only serve to hurt consumers and businesses who rely on the post and drive even more people away from using mail.”

Parcelforce is supposed to remain unaffected by the strike even with its ties to Royal Mail and some businesses are looking to TNT or Citylink to send their parcels. There are a number of delivery services available throughout the UK, some of which are listed on the UK net guide, but it’s advised to research not only which parcel service is best for both you as a seller but if the services will deliver to your all of your buyers.

LINKS
Read Royal Mail’s statement on upcoming mail service interruptions