Category Archives: Shipping Stories
Crossed Fingers, an Apology and a Show That’s Crept Up
First, some shipping news – our initial batch of parcels bound for the US using the new courier service left this morning. However, we shall be crossing our collective fingers until all of them have arrived safely at their destination … Continue reading →
Tariffs and Tribulations
It’s Friday, so this should be our weekly new release post. But it’s not – we’ve had to put that on hold for a more important announcement. Unless you’ve been hiding from the news under a blanket lately (and who … Continue reading →
Back in Europe
We’re very pleased to announce that we’ve finally sorted out all the paperwork with our new EU representative and we’re able to ship to EU destinations again! We were planning to announce this last week, but we wanted to clear … Continue reading →
Shipping Update
In a short break from Salute, we’ve been updating our shipping charges with an eye on the new Royal Mail prices that come into effect on Monday. The good news for once is that ‘updating’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘increasing’, at … Continue reading →
Service Update
So… the centrifuge has been back in service for a couple of weeks and all is well again – in fact it’s running better than before. The old motor had been imperceptibly slowing down for a while before it finally … Continue reading →
Houston, We’ve Had a Problem…
From our post of November 16th: For the first time in several years, everything seems to have come together, the stars have aligned and we’re able to run our Christmas Sale as we would want to. No-one’s ill, there are … Continue reading →
Tied up in Red Tape
Some not so good news, I’m afraid. In a few days time (December 13th to be precise) new EU regulations kick in called GPSR (General Product Safety Regulation). This has rather caught us by surprise; we only heard about it … Continue reading →
Shows, Shipping and Structures
We’ll start today with some hot-off-the-press news – due to an issue with the venue, this year’s Hereward wargames show, which should have been on the 8th of September, has unfortunately had to be cancelled. This is a shame for … Continue reading →
Hotel Hobbies
So, the latest from Royal Mail as far as sending overseas parcels goes is … err … no change. Although there is some light at the end of the tunnel as RM have started accepting overseas letters again (anything without … Continue reading →
Hacked!
Not us, fortunately, but it appears that the Royal Mail have been hit by a cyber attack that has severely affected their ability to ship parcels overseas. The current advice is not to send any new packages until the situation … Continue reading →
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