Worcester's Mayor Jabba Riaz pays festive visit to Royal Mail Worcester delivery office

December 18 2018
Worcester's Mayor Jabba Riaz pays festive visit to Royal Mail Worcester delivery office

Worcester’s Mayor, Jabba Riaz, visited the Royal Mail’s Worcester delivery office to see first hand the operation of delivering Christmas post and to pass on early season’s greetings to its staff.

Cllr Riaz was shown around the office by delivery office manager Glenn George and introduced to the postmen and women pulling out all the stops to sort and deliver mail in Worcester during the busy Christmas period.

The festive season is Royal Mail’s busiest period, as millions of people shop online for gifts as well as sending Christmas cards and parcels. Royal Mail also plays a key role in e-commerce for many businesses sending goods to customers throughout Christmas shopping season.

Cllr Riaz said: “At no other time is the hard work and dedication of postmen and women clearer than during the festive period. There is a huge amount of effort and dedication that goes into delivering a first class Christmas all over the country.

“It was great to meet the team here at Worcester and thank them for the extraordinary lengths they will go to to ensure Christmas parcels and cards are delivered to loved ones on time, as well as thanking them for delivering our mail services all through the year, in all weathers.”

Mr George said: “Our postmen and women will be working extremely hard to deliver Christmas parcels, cards, letters and parcels to people in Worcester. We are grateful that the Mayor visited the office to see our operation and to support the team.

“We’d like to remind our customers to post early this Christmas and to ensure all their mail is posted by the recommended dates, so that friends and family can enjoy their Christmas greetings and parcels. If everyone uses the postcode on every item of mail, this also helps us greatly in the job that we do at this very busy time.”

Photo caption: Worcester Mayor Jabba Riaz with Cris Jones, delivery line manager at the Worcester sorting office.