DPD has suspended deliveries in nearly 50 postcodes around Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire as Christmas approaches. Due to the inconvenience caused by Royal Mail's industrial action on Sunday, December 11, the parcel company has announced delays in its next-day delivery service.
After a long-running disagreement about jobs, wages, and working conditions, members of the Communication Workers Union have started a series of walkouts. According to the union, this will result in a massive backlog of mail, with the next strike day December 23, and also on Christmas Eve, December 24.
Bristol, Somerset, and Wiltshire are all areas impacted in the South West.