Many customers pledging to 'stick with cycle posties'

Royal Mail strikes boosting cycle courier biz

BikeRadar has reported that several cycle courier businesses are benefitting from the Royal Mail strikes.

With so many consumers and businesses seeking another way to mail items, the businesses have been putting in the hours to show off their capabilities. This, as one cycle courier put it, has lead to customers pledging to "continue using cycle courier services after the strike."

Of the three two-wheeled courier services that BikeRadar spoke to, all we reporting that business is up and that extra hands have been drafted in to cope with the volumes of new business.

Read the full article here. Thanks to ProfDEH for use of the cycle courier image.

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