Royal Mail Price Increase March 2020

SaveMyLight would like to advise that as from 23/03/20 Royal Mail will increase their UK pricing to the following:

Standard Delivery

1st CLASS RECORDED UK – £4.70 (1-2 day service)
2nd CLASS RECORDED UK – £4.10 (2-3 day service)

Guaranteed Next Day Delivery (some remote postcodes will be delivered by 17:30hrs)

SPECIAL DELIVERY UK by 1pm, 500g – £7.50
SPECIAL DELIVERY UK by 1pm, 1kg – £8.80

Guaranteed Next Day Delivery Saturday (some remote postcodes will be delivered by 17:30hrs)

SPECIAL DELIVERY UK by 1pm, 500g – £12.00
SPECIAL DELIVERY UK by 1pm, 1kg – £13.56

The UK cut off time for a next day delivery is 13:00 GMT.
The International cut off time is 14.00 GMT.

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