ROYAL Mail is making a major change to fees tomorrow ahead of shoppers facing a Christmas surcharge. Business account customers will be asked to pay a new 2p green surcharge. The green surchar…
While the surcharge won't be charged directly to consumers, there are concerns that they will end up footing the bill anyway if businesses look to up their prices to cover the extra cost.Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 9am, 1pm and end of the day Sundayaccount customers will also be asked to pay an additional peak surcharge of 5p for letters and 10p for parcels later in the month.
It comes after Royal Mail announced that first class stamps will go up from £1.10 to £1.25 on October 2. Andrew Hagger, personal finance expert at Moneycomms, said the possibility of additional costs is the "last thing hard pressed consumers need".Products including Royal Mail Tracked 24 and Royal Mail Tracked 48 are subject to this charge.
Plus the 5p peak surcharge is applied to Royal Mail 24 and Royal Mail 48 large letters, Royal Mail Tracked 24 and Royal Mail Tracked 48 letterboxable products sent by business account holders.A Royal Mail spokesperson said: "Christmas is our busiest time of year and we invest in thousands of additional staff, more vehicles and additional parcel sorting sites to manage around double the normal volumes of parcels.
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