We Need Royal Mail ; Private Couriers 'Not Interested and Too Pricey'

Summary

---

Nick Race is one of the many bosses of small businesses left out of pocket by the recent postal strikes. Nick runs Woods of Morecambe, a women's lingerie retailer that sells online and via mail order. Strike action by Royal Mail staff has seen deliveries piling up, orders from customers slowing to a trickle and payments held up.

Nick, 42, from Hornby, Lancashire, researched employing a private courier company to clear the backlog, but found it too expensive.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

We Need Royal Mail ; Private Couriers 'Not Interested and Too Pricey'

'Most of our goods are quite light and only cost about a pound to send with Royal Mail,' says Nick. 'T...

See the full content of this document

---