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Royal Mail today apologised for the severe disruption caused to postal services in London and some surrounding areas by wildcat, unlawful and unofficial strikes. Some Mail boxes in affected parts of London will be progressively sealed by the end of the week if the strikes continue, to prevent the build up of a massive backlog of letters with nowhere to go. Special Delivery services will no longer be accepted within strike-hit parts of London. “We’re sorry that the disruption to customers has reached this point”, said Chief Executive Adam Crozier. “We would only seal boxes as a last resort. But the extent of the wildcat action makes it impossible to handle and store safely the millions of letters and packets that we deal with every day in London. This does not look like coincidence to us,” said Chief Executive Adam Crozier. “What we’re seeing is a concerted campaign, orchestrated by union activists, to try to force Royal Mail to increase its London Weighting payment over and above the existing offer. This is unofficial and unlawful. They’re cajoling postmen and women in London to strike – and they’re threatening to do the same to their colleagues across the UK, who have voted against industrial action. Royal Mail won’t be blackmailed.

Royal Mail has snapped up a 17% share in Moving Technologies, a supplier of address change technology. As part of the deal Royal Mail has signed up to launch a new online change of address service. Over 800 companies are signed up to the service, including the main utility providers, banks and supermarkets, a number expected to grow to over 2,000. It is estimated that over 11m home-movers could benefit from using the service each year.