Following on from my post announcing suspension of Second Class postage option, I have negotiated new rates with Royal Mail. I can now offer Tracked services for my smaller orders for only a small increase over regular untracked post. The difference between 2nd (48) and 1st (24) is smaller now (due to a larger increase […]
Category: Postage and Delivery updates
It’s that time of year when, in the best circumstances, Royal Mail struggle to keep up with demand. Since the sell-off I think we can all agree that these are not the best circumstances. With that in mind, the deliberate erosion of the second class service that has been implemented over the last year (click […]
Current plans… I will be working and dispatching orders until 2pm Wednesday 23rd December*, dispatching orders 29th and 30th then back to normal Monday 4th of January. I will be checking emails over this period but won’t be answering calls. Shipping cut-off dates Please remember that no service is 100% guaranteed. Below are the published […]
Due to an appointment in London on Wednesday 28/10/2026 I will be out of the office all day. I will pack whatever orders have been received since Tuesday’s cutoff and 6pm to leave them for collection, but all orders received after 6pm will dispatch on Thursday. I will not be able to answer emails until […]
It’s with heavy heart that I have to announce that from next Friday, June 26th, I will stop all sales into the EU. This is because of yet more new/tightened regulations coming into force July and August. In July the EU is introducing a small parcel tax of 3 euro per line item/code in an […]
I completely forgot the early May Bank Holiday but have remembered next week’s Spring Bank Holiday! Next Monday (25th) is the last Bank Holiday before summer. As always, order early and/or choose an appropriate timed postage service for delivery before the long weekend (second class is not going to cut it). For those going away […]
You might not have seen much about this in the press but today Royal Mail once again raised prices. A first class stamp is now £1.80 and first class large letters under 100g are over £3 (the majority of my post). There really is no suitable alternatives for letter based services. Evri next day is […]
Bit of a departure this year, and I have to hold my hand up to a scheduling error. As usual I’ll be shipping out orders received up to 2pm Thursday 2nd April and restarting shipping after the long weekend on Tuesday 7th. However I have an appointment on Wednesday April 1st that will mean I […]
For my French customers. I will have to suspend all sales to France from next week due to the French Government implementing a per item tax for small parcels from outside the EU from March 1st. The fee will be 2 euro per item. This is a huge departure from what was expected and what […]
UPDATE: I will be working and dispatching orders until 2pm Monday 22nd December, dispatching orders 29th and 30th then back to normal Friday 2nd of January. I will be checking emails over this period but won’t be answering calls. Shipping cut-off dates Please remember that no service is 100% guaranteed. Below are the published recommended […]
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