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Guernsey Post News
Gordon Steele has resigned from his position as Chief Executive of Guernsey Post.
The mutual decision between Mr Steele and the Board has been taken due to a difference of opinion regarding the future direction of the Company.
The Board has appointed Boley Smillie as the interim Chief Executiv...
Guernsey Post has delivered a profit for the people of the Bailiwick and met
customer service and regulatory targets despite a challenging year.
In the year to 31 March 2010, turnover rose to £45.4m following strong growth
in priority services and UK and International bulk mail volumes. Underlyin...
A new Guernsey heroine has been delivered in the form of ‘Penny the Postie’ in her brand new adventure ‘Penny and the Pirates’.
Illustrator Keith Robinson is creating a series of adventures for the new character who features on a range of stamps issued by Guernsey Post.
‘The Adventures of Pen...
Guernsey Post staff took part in a beach clean at Grandes Rocques this weekend.
A group of around 30 volunteers made up of Guernsey Post employees and their families followed the seashore round the bay and collected litter as part of the annual event.
Last year staff took part in a similar eve...
Guernsey Post is supporting Bridge2Haiti by helping Mourant Ozannes send surplus goods, which they are donating to the Caribbean country, free of charge.
Mourant Ozannes had numerous items available following the local law firm’s recent merger and subsequent rebranding. These items include t-sh...
Guernsey Post will soon be launching a set of stamps to commemorate the centenary of Girlguiding and joined local Girl Guides on Cobo beach to celebrate. Stamp creator, Paul Mason-Barney of Two Degrees North said “We wanted them to be interesting for the public, for people who did not know about the...
Because of UK flight restrictions, the mail plane from the UK did not arrive this morning. Mail from the UK is being diverted to sea to arrive for delivery tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.
Because of the changing situation a decision will be made on outbound mail to the UK at about 1pm.
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This morning's mail from the UK has not arrived due to the closure of UK air space. Mail is being transferred to sea and will arrive at 6am Saturday morning for delivery that day.
This evening's despatch to the UK will be diverted to sea, as yesterday.
If you any questions please contact our C...
Due to flight disruption across the UK because of the volcanic ash, Guernsey Post is implementing normal contingency plans and all mail leaving the island today will be leaving by sea instead of air. As a result mail will be delivered a day later than usual.
It is possible that there could be fur...
All mail appears to have reached us this morning, unaffected by the UK airport closures this morning.
Met Office reports indicate the ash cloud may move southwards during the later part of today. Whilst it may not necessarily affect CI air space, it may affect Bournemouth or other alternate airpo...
The way you are charged for post has changed. Items are now priced on their weight and size, this is known as Pricing in Proportion, or PiP. To learn more about these changes you can visit our dedicated Post is Changing website.
Guernsey Post is reminding people that the way they are charged for letters, cards and small packages will change this Thursday April 1st.
The new way of charging for post, PiP or “pricing in proportion” means that new prices and formats will apply from April1st.
The new formats are “Letter” (...
Ten Guernsey Post employees recently donated their own time to work on the Bridge Youth House, giving it a final push towards a spring opening.
The centre will provide a place for young people to visit, initially on a Friday & Saturday night, and aims to reduce anti social behaviour in The Bridge...
Guernsey Post announced today that it has lodged a formal appeal at the Royal Court against the OUR decision to reduce the price level of the Reserved Area to £1 and against the decision to exclude all packets from the Reserved Area.
Customers are advised that Friday’s inbound mail, which was delayed on Friday due to freezing fog in the UK, and was transferred to sea on Friday night, was unable to arrive in time for processing and delivery on Saturday morning after strong winds prevented the ship from docking in Guernsey.
T...
As weather conditions across much of the UK have improved sufficiently, Royal Mail has reinstated its guarantee for Special Delivery items. This guarantee applies to items posted on Friday 15th January and due for delivery on Monday 18th January. Items due for delivery on Saturday 16 January are not...
Due to a technical fault, today’s mail was unable to be despatched by air and has been diverted to sea. It is due to arrive overnight at 5.30am and is expected to be delivered with tomorrow’s mail.
For further information, please contact Customer Services on 711720.
Guernsey
Due to the icy conditions on the island's roads the situation today is as follows:
Envoy House will not be open today - conditions at the entrance are too icy for safe access. As a result, Envoy House retail counter, the parcel collection office and private boxes are closed.
Ther...
Guernsey Post has made the decision to divert the inbound mail - that due in the island this morning - to sea. This results from the continuing difficulties with the Guernsey airport runway as well as our need for a fresh flight crew to get from Bournemouth to Guernsey to operate our outward despatc...
Although some of the island's roads are still icy and slippery, the Sark postal team are attempting to deliver mail today - the delivery today includes Wednesday's inbound mail from the UK which could not be delivered yesterday as well as yesterday's mail from the UK which arrived in Guernsey today....
Guernsey
Guernsey Post is advising customers that yesterday’s mail arrived overnight by sea and is out on delivery today – this includes letter delivery as well as parcels and Express and Courier services. However, customers should be aware that there may be houses/roads that aren't delivered to b...
Due to the continuing closure of the airport runway due to compacted ice, today’s outbound mail is unable to leave as normal, by air.
As a result we have put in place alternative arrangements and will be transporting today’s mail to the UK by sea. This will arrive in the UK tomorrow and although ...
Alderney
The poor weather conditions at the airport and on the island's roads have resulted in the following:
Tuesday's mail is yet to be delivered because of the continuing icy conditions on the island's roads
No mail has arrived in the island since Tuesday because of the closure of the...
Guernsey Post will be out on delivery today delivering yesterday's mail. We are providing as normal a delivery as is possible given that icy conditions still remain in some parts of the island.
While many of the island's roads are clear, there may be some areas of the upper/south western parishe...
Guernsey Post is advising customers that its BATIF office at the Tourist Information Office at North Plantation at St Peter Port is closing at 4pm today.
The Parcel Collection counter at Envoy House is also closing early today at 6pm.
Guernsey Post is advising customers that there will be no letter postal deliveries today, Wednesday 6 January, due to the slippery conditions on island roads.
Parcel deliveries have gone out, as normal, as have Express and Courier deliveries.
Envoy House and Smith Street branches are open and...
Guernsey Post is advising customers of its New Year opening hours.
Normal working hours will resume at Envoy House and Smith Street on Tuesday 29 December 2009, when mail posted in the UK and the Bailiwick since Christmas Eve will be delivered. Normal hours continue until New Year’s Eve, when th...
The Regulator has made substantial changes to his original view, but this is still removal of the reserved area by stealth,’ said Gordon Steele, Chief Executive, Guernsey Post.
‘Cutting the reserved area price to £1 rather than the £1.80 we requested and removing packets from the Reserved Area wi...
Guernsey Post is advising customers that due to the revalorisation of the Euro against the pound sterling, which takes place in October each year, the value of goods before customs duty is calculated is rising from £120 to £135 with effect from 1 January 2010.
There is no change to the current li...
With customers continuing to order online in the run up to Christmas, Guernsey Post is scheduling an additional parcel and packet delivery this Sunday. While this will ensure that as many parcels as possible are delivered on Sunday, customers who are not in and receive parcel collection forms are ad...
Guernsey Post is working hard this festive season to make our customers’ lives easier, by offering extended opening hours and Sunday opening for parcel collection; additional island-wide parcel and post deliveries and extended opening hours at our Smith Street branch.
We are also extending the da...
Guernsey Post is reminding customers that the reduced rate Christmas stamps (31p), for use on local Christmas cards, are only on sale and for use from now until 11th December.
To enable people to purchase their stamps and get their cards posted in time for Friday’s last post cut off, Guernsey Pos...
The latest recommended overseas Christmas posting dates are fast approaching and Guernsey Post is advising customers to be aware of the dates to guarantee delivery in time for Christmas.
Thursday 3rd December: South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Asia (except Japan), Far East, New Zeal...
Guernsey Post scoops top health and safety award
Guernsey Post is delighted to announce that it won the top award at the Guernsey Occupational Safety and Health Association awards ceremony, held at the Old Government House hotel on Thursday 26 November.
The award recognises the importa...
Guernsey Post’s reduced rate (31p) stamps for 2009 will be on sale from 4 to 11 December for local cards posted in the same period.
These reduced rate stamps not only help customers keep down the cost of their Christmas posting, but assists with the mail operation at Guernsey Post, which last Chr...
Guernsey Post has asked the regulator to approve changes to the Postal Tariff with effect from April 2010. The regulator has not approved the full tariff we requested and has also announced that he is to open the Guernsey Postal Market to competition.
Guernsey Post needs the full tariff increase ...
At Guernsey Post we can help make Christmas happen for you, by getting your parcels and cards off to friends and family in time for the big day.
Don't forget that our Christmas issue stamps will be on sale soon - Bailiwick reduced rate stamps (31p) are only on sale and available to post from 4- 1...
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