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boatmail.co.uk News
boatmail.co.uk aims to be the leading mail forwarder by choice for canal boaters, sea going craft, caravans, motorhomes, expats living anywhere in the world, certain businesses and anyone who needs a UK street address for their mail requirements
We can either scan or forward mail to anywhere in the world
2019
boatmail.co.uk aims to be the leading mail forwarder by choice for canal boaters, sea going craft, caravans, motorhomes, expats living anywhere in the world, certain businesses and anyone who needs a UK street address for their mail requirements
We can either scan or forward mail to anywhere in the world
2019
March
UK Postage rate price change
The annual price increases in Royal Mail charges which came into force in March are as follows:
UK Letter 100g £0.70
Large Letter 100g £1.06
250g £1.50
500g £1.97
750g £2.72
Small Parcel 1kg £3.55
2kg £5.50
Medium Parcel 1kg £5.80
2kg £8.95
Europe Letter 100g £1.60
Large Letter 100g £2.80
250g £4.00
500g £4.60
750g £5.50
22 March 2018
Using the address for a Driving Licence
boatmail.co.uk has a considerable number of Driving Licences registered at the address in different names and in many ways is it is understandable that the DVLA are challenging whether the applicant is genuine
Applications for a new or renewal of a Driving Licence may be challenged and, in some cases, refused by DVLA
For the boating and travelling community, a response to this showing that the holder has a travelling lifestyle and the said address is the only point of contact (and you can be contacted quickly is key) will progress the application and a licence is normally issued (for those living on canal boats, a copy of the Canal and River Trust Licence will suffice as proof of the lifestyle or in vehicle based lifestyles a copy of the V5 and receipts from
sites). Contact with the person reviewing the case at DVLA appears to help as well
21 March
I have been advised that the Co-Op in Stone which also housed the PO has now closed so if you are in this area you will no longer be able to pick up in Stone
2017
10 Jun
boatmail.co.uk reviews prices to reflect competitors offerings from 1 July
boatmail.co.uk/fees
25 May
Leamington Spa Post Office, Grand Union Canal, added to Pick up Points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
25 Apr
Warwick Post Office, Grand Union Canal, added to Pick up Points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
11 Apr
Great value scanning package ! Only 25p for up to 5 pages on one of our subscription services
http://www.boatmail.co.uk/mail-forwarding-news.html
Royal Mail have announced that postage prices will increase from March 27. For full details see http://tinyurl.com/gvuojup and as a summary use this link
17 Mar
Any applications received for either monthly or annual subscriptions after the 10th of the month will have their payment commencing from the start of the next month although the account will be open from the date of application - in effect up to 20 days free !
23 Feb
Lane Head Post Office, Wyrley and Essngton Canal, added to Pick up Points
www.boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
16 Feb
Harlow Post Office, River Stort, added to Pick up Points
www.boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
15 Feb
DVLA’s latest batch of letters to customers is at least now showing that they are initially refusing to issue a licence as residential street address provided to customers is not a residential address !! As below, if the address provided by boatmail.co.uk is your only point of contact then, subject to fraud checks, they will issue you a licence
13 Feb
The DVLA has recently been identifying addresses with multiple Driving Licences registered at them (boatmail.co.uk has around 90 registered at the address) and challenging holders to whether they are genuine under Fraud Prevention actvities. The DVLA have further compounded the issue as they are writing to all the boatmail.co.uk customers saying their Driving Licences will no longer be valid whist registered at a PO Box - clearly customers are registering the licences at the street address provided by boatmail.co.uk - do DVLA really know what they are doing !
Anyway, boatmail.co.uk customers can still use the free street address for registering their Licence, and, as boatmail.co.uk understands it, providing the holder can demonstrate they are permanently travelling, they have no other address in the UK and that the address provided by boatmail.co.uk is their only contact address
7 Jan
Napton Post Office added to Pick up Points
www.boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
3 Jan - Scanning costs reduced and capped
UK Postage rate price change
The annual price increases in Royal Mail charges which came into force in March are as follows:
UK Letter 100g £0.70
Large Letter 100g £1.06
250g £1.50
500g £1.97
750g £2.72
Small Parcel 1kg £3.55
2kg £5.50
Medium Parcel 1kg £5.80
2kg £8.95
Europe Letter 100g £1.60
Large Letter 100g £2.80
250g £4.00
500g £4.60
750g £5.50
22 March 2018
Using the address for a Driving Licence
boatmail.co.uk has a considerable number of Driving Licences registered at the address in different names and in many ways is it is understandable that the DVLA are challenging whether the applicant is genuine
Applications for a new or renewal of a Driving Licence may be challenged and, in some cases, refused by DVLA
For the boating and travelling community, a response to this showing that the holder has a travelling lifestyle and the said address is the only point of contact (and you can be contacted quickly is key) will progress the application and a licence is normally issued (for those living on canal boats, a copy of the Canal and River Trust Licence will suffice as proof of the lifestyle or in vehicle based lifestyles a copy of the V5 and receipts from
sites). Contact with the person reviewing the case at DVLA appears to help as well
21 March
I have been advised that the Co-Op in Stone which also housed the PO has now closed so if you are in this area you will no longer be able to pick up in Stone
2017
10 Jun
boatmail.co.uk reviews prices to reflect competitors offerings from 1 July
boatmail.co.uk/fees
25 May
Leamington Spa Post Office, Grand Union Canal, added to Pick up Points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
25 Apr
Warwick Post Office, Grand Union Canal, added to Pick up Points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
11 Apr
Great value scanning package ! Only 25p for up to 5 pages on one of our subscription services
http://www.boatmail.co.uk/mail-forwarding-news.html
Royal Mail have announced that postage prices will increase from March 27. For full details see http://tinyurl.com/gvuojup and as a summary use this link
17 Mar
Any applications received for either monthly or annual subscriptions after the 10th of the month will have their payment commencing from the start of the next month although the account will be open from the date of application - in effect up to 20 days free !
23 Feb
Lane Head Post Office, Wyrley and Essngton Canal, added to Pick up Points
www.boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
16 Feb
Harlow Post Office, River Stort, added to Pick up Points
www.boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
15 Feb
DVLA’s latest batch of letters to customers is at least now showing that they are initially refusing to issue a licence as residential street address provided to customers is not a residential address !! As below, if the address provided by boatmail.co.uk is your only point of contact then, subject to fraud checks, they will issue you a licence
13 Feb
The DVLA has recently been identifying addresses with multiple Driving Licences registered at them (boatmail.co.uk has around 90 registered at the address) and challenging holders to whether they are genuine under Fraud Prevention actvities. The DVLA have further compounded the issue as they are writing to all the boatmail.co.uk customers saying their Driving Licences will no longer be valid whist registered at a PO Box - clearly customers are registering the licences at the street address provided by boatmail.co.uk - do DVLA really know what they are doing !
Anyway, boatmail.co.uk customers can still use the free street address for registering their Licence, and, as boatmail.co.uk understands it, providing the holder can demonstrate they are permanently travelling, they have no other address in the UK and that the address provided by boatmail.co.uk is their only contact address
7 Jan
Napton Post Office added to Pick up Points
www.boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
3 Jan - Scanning costs reduced and capped
boatmail.co.uk/fees
When boatmail.co.uk commenced scanning mail for customers, for subscription customers we charged 25p for every page that we scanned (Pay as you Go service charged differently). This is the same charging principle as other Mail Forwarders in that every activity is charged for
Customers who have mail scanned as part of their account instructions may have noticed that through the late summer and into the autumn we have been charging differently. We have been trialling charging 25p for each mail piece received regardless of the number of pages to assess how many of the items will require multiple page scanning and how this affects the time spent on each customers mail and the impact on revenue for boatmail.co.uk. The majority of scans are for 1 or 2 pages
We are pleased to announce that from January 2017 the customers who have a subscription service the charge for scanning will change from 25p per page to 25p for up to and including 5 pages. 6 pages and more will be additionally charged at 25p per scan with a fee limit of £2.50 regardless of how many pages are scanned
Customers who have a Pay as you Go account will now be charged £2.50 per page scanned up to 5 pages scanned with any additional pages charged at £2.50 with a fee limit of £10.00 regardless of how many pages are scanned
2016
When boatmail.co.uk commenced scanning mail for customers, for subscription customers we charged 25p for every page that we scanned (Pay as you Go service charged differently). This is the same charging principle as other Mail Forwarders in that every activity is charged for
Customers who have mail scanned as part of their account instructions may have noticed that through the late summer and into the autumn we have been charging differently. We have been trialling charging 25p for each mail piece received regardless of the number of pages to assess how many of the items will require multiple page scanning and how this affects the time spent on each customers mail and the impact on revenue for boatmail.co.uk. The majority of scans are for 1 or 2 pages
We are pleased to announce that from January 2017 the customers who have a subscription service the charge for scanning will change from 25p per page to 25p for up to and including 5 pages. 6 pages and more will be additionally charged at 25p per scan with a fee limit of £2.50 regardless of how many pages are scanned
Customers who have a Pay as you Go account will now be charged £2.50 per page scanned up to 5 pages scanned with any additional pages charged at £2.50 with a fee limit of £10.00 regardless of how many pages are scanned
2016
10 Dec - Uxbridge Post Office no longer providing Poste Restante service
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
30 Nov - Chester Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
25 Nov - Macclesfield Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
23 Nov - Roydon Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
21 Nov - Banbury Post Office changed location from High Street to within WH Smith, Castle Quay Centre boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
12 Nov - Rickmansworth Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
30 Nov - Chester Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
25 Nov - Macclesfield Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
23 Nov - Roydon Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
21 Nov - Banbury Post Office changed location from High Street to within WH Smith, Castle Quay Centre boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
12 Nov - Rickmansworth Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
10 Nov - Hertford Post Office address in Pick up Points for mail changed
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
9 Nov - Stratford upon Avon Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
8 Nov - Southam Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
7 Nov - Garstang Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
4 Nov - Watford Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
3 Nov - Wembley Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
2 Nov - boatmail.co.uk last day of posting before the Christmas break will be 22 December
1 Nov - Last posting dates for Christmas now available - http://tinyurl.com/z9cwtf8
Sep 14
boatmail.co.uk was disgusted to hear of one of the mail forwarding competitors recently went bust and all customers money was lost
Mail forwarding generally works by customers paying both a subscription fee and providing a deposit from which any transaction cost is deducted from. boatmail.co.uk customers will recognise this as the £25 deposit customers pay.
The company in question closed due to financial issues, did not inform customers of the new position, and took all the deposit money with them
boatmail.co.uk has robust contingency plans in place if the business stops trading (highly unlikely !) and customers deposits are safe as they are accounted for separately and any money will be returned to them including any unused subscription payments
Jul 10 - Adlington Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
9 Nov - Stratford upon Avon Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
8 Nov - Southam Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
7 Nov - Garstang Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
4 Nov - Watford Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
3 Nov - Wembley Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
2 Nov - boatmail.co.uk last day of posting before the Christmas break will be 22 December
1 Nov - Last posting dates for Christmas now available - http://tinyurl.com/z9cwtf8
Sep 14
boatmail.co.uk was disgusted to hear of one of the mail forwarding competitors recently went bust and all customers money was lost
Mail forwarding generally works by customers paying both a subscription fee and providing a deposit from which any transaction cost is deducted from. boatmail.co.uk customers will recognise this as the £25 deposit customers pay.
The company in question closed due to financial issues, did not inform customers of the new position, and took all the deposit money with them
boatmail.co.uk has robust contingency plans in place if the business stops trading (highly unlikely !) and customers deposits are safe as they are accounted for separately and any money will be returned to them including any unused subscription payments
Jul 10 - Adlington Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
Jul 8 - One of boatmail.co.uk competitors ( myukmail.co.uk) recently ceased trading and took all customers money with them. boatmail.co.uk accounts for and holds customers money in a separate account and only draws on this when required. If boatmail.co.uk closed unexpectedly, your money is safe. Any not used for mail forwarding will be refunded. And any mail held/ or received will be sent to you/nominated address. It’s a long wait until we get the state pension so we will be around for many years !
25 Jul - Berkhamsted Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
22 Jul - Bathampton Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
20 Jul - Barton under Needwood Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
17 Jul - Barnton Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
16 Jul - Barnoldswick Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
13 Jul - Banbury Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
10 Jul - Audlem Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
9 Jul - Adlington Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
7 Jul - Long Eaton Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
30 Jun - Preston Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
22 Jul - Bathampton Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
20 Jul - Barton under Needwood Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
17 Jul - Barnton Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
16 Jul - Barnoldswick Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
13 Jul - Banbury Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
10 Jul - Audlem Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
9 Jul - Adlington Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
7 Jul - Long Eaton Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
30 Jun - Preston Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
16 Jun - Northwich Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
Jun 9 - Polesworth Post Office has moved ! now 2-4 Bridge St B78 1DT boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
Jun 2 - Ware Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
May 26 - Market Harborough Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
May 23 - boatmail.co.uk has recently launched associated websites Caravanmail.co.uk and Motorhomemail.co.uk . Take a look !
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
Jun 9 - Polesworth Post Office has moved ! now 2-4 Bridge St B78 1DT boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
Jun 2 - Ware Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
May 26 - Market Harborough Post Office added to Pick up Points for mail boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
May 23 - boatmail.co.uk has recently launched associated websites Caravanmail.co.uk and Motorhomemail.co.uk . Take a look !
May 3 - Huddersfield Post Office added to Pick up Points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
Apr 26 - Aylesbury Post Office added to Pick up Points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
Apr 25 - boatmail.co.uk has compiled a list of places across the inland waterways where mail can be collected.
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
boatmail.co.uk/poste-restante-mail-pick-up-points
Apr 18 - Need your mail scanned and forwarded as part of an e-mail ? Free UK street address
boatmail.co.uk/mail2email
boatmail.co.uk/mail2email
Apr 11 - if you need a one off forwarding, we charge £10 plus postage
Apr 4 - if you have a very low volume of mail and need a fee UK street address to register life at, we can help - check out our fees page - the original Pay as you Go service