It was a real pleasure to visit the Leek Delivery Office in Strangman Street on Friday to see first-hand the operation of delivering Christmas post and to pass on early Season’s Greetings to the dedicated, hardworking staff.
I was shown around the office by Delivery Office Manager, Samantha Birks and was introduced to the postmen and women, who will be pulling out all the stops to sort and deliver mail in Staffordshire Moorlands in the forthcoming busy Christmas period.
The Festive Season is Royal Mail’s busiest period, as millions of people shop online for gifts as well as sending Christmas cards and parcels. Royal Mail also plays a key role in e-commerce for many businesses sending goods to customers throughout Christmas shopping season.
At no other time is the hard work and dedication of postmen and women clearer than during the festive period. There is a huge amount of effort and dedication that goes into delivering a first class Christmas all over the country.
It was great to meet the team here at the Leek Delivery Office and thank them for the extraordinary lengths they will go to ensure Christmas parcels and cards are delivered to loved ones on time, as well as thanking them for delivering our mail services all through the year, in all weathers.
Royal Mail would like to remind customers to post early this Christmas and to ensure all mail is posted by the recommended dates, so that friends and family can enjoy their Christmas greetings and parcels. If everyone uses the postcode on every item of mail, this also helps us greatly in the job that they do at this very busy time.
The last recommend posting dates for Christmas are:
Second Class – Tuesday 18 December 2018
First Class – Thursday 20 December 2018
Special Delivery – Saturday 22 December 2018