MRM.COM : Six temporary parcel sort centres to help us handle the festive mailbag

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Royal Mail is opening six temporary parcel sort centres for the Christmas period as part of our festive operation.

The parcel sort centres are again being set up to sort a significant proportion of the seasonal parcels we handle, before they are delivered to customers. Last year, we handled around 149 million parcels during the Christmas rush.

Around 2,700 seasonal workers will be based in the parcel sort centres. They will support our 120,000 permanent postmen and women, who sort and deliver the mail all year round, including Christmas which is the busiest time of the year for the UK postal service.

We are taking on 23,000 seasonal workers in total this year across all our operations.

We have set up a dedicated website for people to apply for the Christmas positions, visit: https://christmasrecruitment.royalmailgroup.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; or email Christmas_helpline@royalmail.com. You can also call our automated helpline on 0345 600 1785.

Competitive pay rates are offered at all sites along with a flexible range of shifts and for those who want to work flexibly or less than 20 hours a week.

This is the eighth year that Royal Mail has opened a dedicated network of parcel sort centres. The use of additional temporary parcel sort centres is now an integral part of our substantial financial commitment to additional resources at Christmas, to handle the festive mail bag.

The parcel sort centres are in in Atherstone in Warwickshire; Bathgate, West Lothian; Cardiff; Wakefield, West Yorkshire; Skelmersdale, West Lancashire and Greenford in west London. The centres will open on a phased basis throughout November.