The terrible weather that his hit the UK recently and the new snow storms predicted this weekend have had a huge affect on the parcel delivery market. Here’s what the media are saying…..

ITN are reporting….

Millions of Christmas gifts are stacking up in warehouses and might not be delivered in time for the big day, a haulage expert has said.

A backlog of more than four million parcels has built up as private carriers battle to overcome the ‘bottleneck’ in the system caused by the snow and ice.

Simon Veale said there was a chance “Father Christmas won’t be coming” to certain parts of the country.

Britain is facing another onslaught of Arctic weather with airports, rail companies and breakdown services putting extra snow teams on standby. Temperatures are expected to plunge below freezing overnight, causing icy roads across most of the UK in the morning. Forecasters warned there could be up to 15cm (6in) of snow and bitter temperatures going into next week at least.

Julian Mayes, senior forecaster at MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: “We’re basically looking at potential icy conditions spreading down from the north so the emphasis is on icy roads following rain.  “What we’re going to find is snow showers begining to move eastwards. Going into Saturday morning, a larger area of snow is going to develop and begin to move east.  “In the early hours of Saturday morning, it will be snowing over quite a large bit of Britain and we could be seeing some appreciable snow quite widely. “Night-time temperatures will fall to minus 5C (23F) in southern England and minus 10C (14F) in Scotland. Quite a few places may be starting below minus 10C (14F).

The Daily Telegraph are saying…..

In addition, the cold snap, which is expected to extend beyond Christmas, has pushed up the cost of heating oil dramatically and even led the Government to consider its rationing. Up to ten inches more snow is expected in parts of England over the next 24 hours, with double that on high ground in Scotland and Wales.

Snow threatens to paralyse Britain until Christmas.

The return of the Big Freeze threatens to leave homes without heating, households without Christmas presents and prevent relatives from uniting with their families over the festive period. Christmas deliveries have been hit hard too with a number of internet retailers stopping deliveries in Scotland. Industry insiders said it could be the first year in which depots and offices do not clear all their gifts.

With shoppers struggling to get into town, many have bought presents on the internet only to find a backlog in deliveries means they will not arrive in time.

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