POSTAL STRIKE - anyone with a small business - alternative post services for letters?

[WotzNow]

How are you managing with the postal strike?
Do any of you use any of the alternatives listed here?

POSTCOMM site see link for Licensed postal operators.

I am sitting on a large pile of urgent mail to go all over the UK. Any ideas?

FWIW: I don't not want to debate the stike.

you're right, sea, no point worrying about what might happen!

As far as rolling strikes are concerned, the way I see it is that you're only affected if a wildcat strike is in your area, or where you are posting to?

I have wildcats in my area and where on the BBC report does it say one day only?

"rolling strikes are set to begin on Monday and go on until Friday"

Hopefully the negotiations will resolve the strikes for next week.

southeastastra - I have little faith, maybe you could pass some faith this way. You say things you have ordered have arrived, are you sending things too?

The official memo sent to PO staff says that one section of Royal Mail is on strike for 24 hours from Monday 6pm to Tuesday 6pm, another section for something like Wednesday & Thursday and another bit on Friday. Or something along those lines. So I don't feel I have any better idea of what is happening really.

there's a box down on the bbc site where is says what day they're striking. dp is down for tuesday.

yes we're sending stuff (dp's an ebayer)