{"id":190075,"date":"2021-12-13T10:03:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=190075"},"modified":"2021-12-13T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:23:14","slug":"royal-mail-reportedly-warns-of-delays-to-deliveries-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/royal-mail-reportedly-warns-of-delays-to-deliveries-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Mail reportedly warns of delays to deliveries for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Postal operator Royal Mail has reportedly warned of severe delays in the run-up to Christmas, with widespread problems due to sickness and high demand.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to The Mail on Sunday, analysis showed the number of delivery offices affected by problems more than doubled in a week, reaching an all-time high of 32 offices last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The company is grappling with the massive volume of parcels passing through its 1,200 delivery offices, triggered by the move to more online Christmas shopping, accelerated by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>A Royal Mail spokesperson said: \"Deliveries are operating as normal across most of the country.\"We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week. In a small number of local offices this may temporarily not be possible due to local issues such as COVID-related self-isolation, high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors.\"<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson told the PA news agency: \u201cIf you have a look at posting dates for Christmas this year, we haven\u2019t changed them. So it\u2019s our expectation that we\u2019ll be fine. Our team stood up to the challenge through the pandemic and I see no reason why they won\u2019t do the same again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments came as the company revealed it will hand out \u00a3400 million to shareholders following a bumper period for the company during the COVID-19 crisis, as online deliveries soared. 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