Couriers set to benefit from latest round of mail strikes
Date: 04 October 2007
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Courier companies are likely to benefit from the latest round of Royal Mail postal strikes that are set to commence today (October 4th).
Four days of industrial action will stretch into next week if a deal between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail is not brokered. This looks unlikely, and the CWU has said in a statement: "To date there is no agreed resolution. The industrial action will therefore go ahead as notified."
Many smaller businesses will be affected and may opt to ditch Royal Mail in favour of more reliable courier companies.
Narinder Gill, policy advisor for the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "Small firms rely on royal mail services to do business, and get hit in the pocket every time post is held up. Estimates suggest that each postal strikes costs the UKs small and medium sized businesses £2.5 million through delayed post.
"All that the strikes are achieving is disruption and the further degradation of the reputation of Royal Mail. An agreement needs to be reached soon or yet more customers will seek alternative solutions for their postal needs."
Meanwhile, it emerged that the government is hiring private courier firms to deliver giro cheques to those people in Scotland who don't have their benefits paid into a bank account, the Glasgow Evening Times reports.
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