RICHMOND MP Rishi Sunak has visited Royal Mail’s Northallerton Delivery Office to pass on Christmas wishes and encouragement to postmen and women at their busiest time of year.
Mr Sunak was shown around the office by Delivery Office Manager, Graeme Pettigrew, and was introduced to the postmen and women who are working hard sorting and delivering mail in the Northallerton area during the festive season.
At its Christmas peak the Northallerton office is dealing with 65,000 letters and parcels a day for the DL6, 7 and 8 postcode areas
Mr Sunak said: “There is a huge amount of effort and dedication that goes into delivering a first class Christmas at Royal Mail’s busiest time of year.
“It was great to meet the team here at Northallerton, including my own postman, Jonathan Berry, and also Murray Foster who delivers to the Northallerton constituency office.
“Our postal workers do such an important job at this time of year and I would like to thank them on behalf of my constituents for their efforts.”
Graeme Pettigrew, Royal Mail Delivery Office Manager at Northallerton, said: “Our postmen and women are working extremely hard to deliver Christmas cards, letters and parcels to people across Northallerton. We are grateful that Rishi visited the office to see our operation and to support the team.
“We’d like to remind our customers to post early so that friends and family have longer to enjoy their Christmas greetings. We would also like to ask everyone to please always use the postcode as this helps us greatly in the job that we do at this busy time.”
The last recommended posting dates for Christmas are: second class – Saturday, December 19; first class – Monday, December 21; Special Delivery – Wednesday, 23.