Christmas Opening Hours 2024
Our website will be open over the Christmas and New Year period for orders, 24 hours a day as normal.
The website will be operating as normal and orders can be placed during the whole festive period, but any orders placed after 12pm midday on Tuesday 24th December 2024 will be dealt with (and dispatched if in stock) on Friday 27th December and Monday 30th December 2024.
Orders placed after 11am on Monday 30th December 2024 will be dealt with (and dispatched if in stock) on Thursday 2nd January 2025. On Friday 3rd January 2025 office opening hours return to normal.
Our Office Christmas 2024 Opening Hours are as follows...
Christmas Eve (Tuesday 24th December 2024) - 9am - 12pm midday
Christmas Day (Wednesday 25th December 2024) - Closed
Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December 2024) - Closed
Friday 27th December 2024 - 9am - 11am
Saturday 28th December 2024 - Closed
Sunday 29th December 2024 - Closed
Monday 30th December 2024 - 9am - 11am
New Years Eve (Tuesday 31st December 2024) - Closed
New Years Day (1st January 2025) - Closed
Thursday 2nd January 2025 - 9am-12pm
Friday 3rd January 2025 - Normal opening hours resume (9am - 5pm)
Latest recommended posting dates for Christmas 2024
Dates for orders to be placed on our website for expected delivery on or before Tuesday 24th December 2024 (Christmas Eve) subject to stock availability...
UK Free Delivery: Friday 13th December before 12pm**
Standard Delivery (2-4 working days for delivery): Wednesday 18th December before 12pm**
Priority Dispatch (1-2 working days for delivery): Friday 20th December before 12pm**
Royal Mail Next-Day Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm: Friday 20th December before 12pm**
Please note, we use Royal Mail for our Free Delivery, Standard Delivery and Priority Dispatch options.
UPS Standard Delivery (2-4 working days for delivery): Thursday 19th December before 9am**
UPS Express Delivery (Next-day): Friday 20th December before 9am**
**Channel Islands, Scottish Highlands, Islands, and Northern Ireland and some more remote mainland Scottish areas can take an extra working day to deliver, so please order at least one working day earlier than stated above.
Royal Mail International Tracked and Signed delivery (all countries other than UK, with a few exceptions - please contact us for further details):
Saturday 7th December - Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Romania and Sweden
Monday 9th December - Czech Republic, Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey and United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Wednesday 11th December - Austria, Denmark, India, Lithuania, Philippines, Qatar, Slovakia and Slovenia
Friday 13th December - Belgium, Canada, China (People’s Republic), Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, South Korea, Thailand and USA
Monday 16th December - France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan
International Shipping by UPS Courier (all countries other than UK, with a few exceptions - please contact us for further details):
Wednesday 11th December by 11am - Worldwide
Friday 13th December by 11am - Europe
Please note: Orders must be placed before 12pm cut off on the date stated (unless otherwise stated). Orders placed after 12pm will be sent as soon as possible but cannot be guaranteed for same day dispatch.