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Read in full MP’s email of complaint to Royal Mail boss
With some addresses in the borough getting only one postal delivery every fortnight, Croydon South Conservative MP has written to Alistair Cochrane, Royal Mail’s interim CEO: ‘This…cannot reasonably be characterised as a short-term disruption’. Here’s MP Chris Philp’s letter – … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, South Croydon
Tagged Alistair Cochrane, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, CR0, CR2, CR5, CR8, Croydon, Croydon South, Factory Lane, Holmesdale Road, Peter Kyle MP, Royal Fail, Royal Mail, SE25, South Norwood, Tory, Woodside
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Royal Fail: MP Philp calls on business secretary to intervene
Last year, only 7-in-10 first-class post items arrived the next day in Croydon. Now, iC readers from Coulsdon to South Norwood say that their postal service has got even worse Royal Mail’s third-class service in delivering the post to Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, South Croydon, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, CR0, CR2, CR5, CR8, Croydon, Croydon South, Factory Lane, Holmesdale Road, Peter Kyle MP, Royal Fail, Royal Mail, SE25, South Norwood, Tory, Woodside
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Only 70% of first-class post gets delivered on time in Croydon
Royal Mail is breaking the law with 3-in-10 of first-class items in Croydon failing to reach their destination on time, as local councillor launches a campaign calling for urgent improvement If you are wondering where the usual Christmas card from … Continue reading
Royal Mail fails to deliver in Croydon and issues public apology
EXCLUSIVE: Former employees have claimed that the Factory Lane delivery depot has been seriously under-staffed, as employee illness affects services once again Businesses and residents in one Croydon post code have not been getting a third-class postal service in 2025 … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Factory Lane, Royal Mail
Tagged Coulsdon, CR0, CR2, CR7, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Factory Lane, New Addington, Purley, Royal Mail, SE25, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Council official: 50% of postal votes have not been returned
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon election officials worry that thousands of voters won’t be able to use their postal ballots before the July 4 deadline because of issues with Royal Mail. By STEVEN DOWNES Senior council officials in charge of overseeing this week’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Royal Mail, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Katherine Kerswell, postal votes, Royal Mail, Seth Aker, Streatham and Croydon North
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3rd class service: Royal Mail reduces collections by stealth
Not content with providing only a third-class service on deliveries, across Croydon, the suits who run Royal Mail have been sticking barely visible notices on post boxes to explain how they are now dismantling their previously reasonably dependable collection service. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Royal Mail, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Old Town, Privatisation, Royal Mail, South Croydon
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Royal Mail recruiting 170 in Croydon to deliver for Christmas
Royal Mail is seeking more than 170 temporary workers to help sort the Christmas post and the increasing amount of online shopping at its sorting office on Beddington Farm Road. Inside Croydon has led a campaign for better postal services … Continue reading
Royal Mail’s non-deliveries continue to hit Croydon residents
Inside Croydon readers in the CR0 postcode and beyond have continued to report poor-to-non-existent service from Royal Mail over their post deliveries. Although in one, isolated instance, there’s also been a suggestion of a return to a “normal”, daily delivery. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Factory Lane, Royal Mail
Tagged Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, CR0, CR6, Croydon, Crystal Palace, New Addington, Purley, Royal Mail, Simon Thompson, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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3rd class Royal Mail: readers say ‘service not fit for purpose’
The dire situation with postal deliveries in Croydon could be far worse than even the most mail-deprived residents might have feared. Inside Croydon readers from across the borough, and even in other areas covered by one of the CR post … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Factory Lane, Royal Mail
Tagged Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, CR0, CR6, Croydon, Crystal Palace, New Addington, Purley, Royal Mail, Simon Thompson, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Royal Mail struggling to deliver 3rd class service in Croydon
The cost of a first-class stamp may have recently been increased to £1.25 – or £1.95 for a “large” letter – but the service delivered by the Royal Mail for households across much of Croydon has deteriorated to the point … Continue reading
Summer of Strikes should get us out of the middle of the road
Around the country today, 115,000 Royal Mail workers joined 40,000 BT staff taking industrial action, as the Summer of Strikes continued. KEN TOWL visited the posties’ picket line outside the sorting office on Factory Lane “We know what happens to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl
Tagged ASLEF, Communication Workers Union, CWU, Factory Lane, Ken Towl, RMT, Royal Mail, Simon Thompson
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Royal Mail Coulsdon sorting office abandons evening service
In the latest blow to Coulsdon town centre, Royal Mail has decided to remove the evening collection facilities for letters and parcels that can’t be delivered. Royal Mail says it has made the change “to keep pace with the changing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Old Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Royal Mail
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South Croydon one of 56 postcodes hit by covid mail delays
Households in the CR2, South Croydon, postcode, West Norwood (SE27) and West Wickham (BR4) are among 56 postal areas warned that their mail deliveries could face delays because of covid-related staff shortages. Royal Mail issued the urgent warning yesterday. Delivery … Continue reading
Posted in Business, South Croydon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon South, Royal Mail, South Croydon, South Croydon DO
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Christmas deliveries delayed: covid outbreak at sorting office
For the second successive Christmas, postal deliveries in large parts of Croydon have been delayed, or even stopped altogether, as a consequence of staffing issues at a sorting office where there has been an outbreak of covid-19 cases. The South … Continue reading
Royal Mail adds Croydon to list of covid-hit sorting offices
Post sorting offices in Croydon, South Croydon and Caterham, between them serving four different CR postcodes, have been added to the Royal Mail’s list of those areas worst-hit by the impact of covid-19. Like most postal deliveries recently, the Royal … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health
Tagged Caterham, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Royal Mail, South Croydon
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Covid-hit Royal Mail is struggling to deliver in Croydon
Residents across the borough are becoming increasingly concerned about the lack of a regular service from their local postie – as Croydon and South Norwood sorting offices and their delivery staff have been hard-hit by coronavirus. There’s particular concern from … Continue reading
Network Rail buys derelict Royal Mail depot at East Croydon
The old Royal Mail building and Volkswagen site next to East Croydon Station have been bought by Network Rail, as part of plans, as they put it, “to unblock the London-to-Brighton railway bottleneck”. The former sorting office site has had … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Property, Transport
Tagged Croydon Bottleneck, East Croydon station, Network Rail, Royal Mail, Selhurst Triangle
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Royal Mail confirms reduced service in Coulsdon – via email
The inbox at Inside Croydon Towers has been inundated with an email from the Royal Fail following our report on Friday about the axing of postal collections in Coulsdon, where in future there will be but a single collection from … Continue reading
Royal Mail plans will leave Coulsdon cut-off from collections
The people of Coulsdon may well have abandoned thoughts of cutting themselves off from local authorities in Greater London, and Croydon, but now Royal Mail is going to do it for them, isolating the area by reducing its postal collection … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, London, Post office, Richard Ottaway, Royal Mail, Tory
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Royal Mail’s move to Factory Lane puts profit before service
Councillors in East Croydon have started a petition to oppose the closing of the mail collection office located beside the railway station, as the privatised Royal Mail seeks to flog off its depot for development, and make millions of pounds … Continue reading
Sprint to the finish, not floored by break-in or cash crunch
Last month, SAIF BONAR told of how he started in his quest to find premises in Croydon for a digital economy, post-riots new business. Here, he picks up the story of Matthews Yard, of budget short-falls and attempted break-ins – … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Croydon, Croydon Council, eBay, London, London Borough of Croydon, Royal Mail, Surrey Street
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Matthews Yard offers thousands in discounts ahead of opening
Matthews Yard, a new business venture off Surrey Street which combines a cafe with “co-working space“, has set its launch date of April 21. Matthews (note how they’ve abandoned the pesky apostrophe… how very Waterstones) Yard is sited between Surrey … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Local media
Tagged Business, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Royal Mail, Surrey Street, Twitter, Waterstones
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