'Businesses will be going under because of this': The cost of the Royal Mail strike
Small businesses are struggling to survive against the rocketing cost of living crisis and the Royal Mail strike.
"I rely on my online sales, it makes up 80 per cent of my trade," Nicole told the MEN. "I've always used Royal Mail to deliver, and I totally agree with the strikes, but for small businesses it's absolutely terrible. "It's going to stop people shopping online with small businesses," Nicole said. "I'm trying to claw back some of the sales but it's very quiet now. This is just benefitting Amazon who don't need it, independent businesses who usually rely on a trustworthy Royal Mail do. Other delivery companies are more expensive and have said they can't take any more business either, they're totally overrun too.
"We have lost quite a lot of business," he said, "we've been unable to even ship quite a few orders because the Post Office won't accept them. "We've been paying out of our pocket to try and get faster deliveries to people because the last thing we want to do is have to refund but we've still had to sometimes. There have been complaints and it's taken very personally for a business like us, but it's completely out of our hands.
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