Press Releases - Part 107

Everything Dinosaur’s press releases and other information.

31 05, 2013

Everything Dinosaur Launches First Items in Own Clothing Range

By Mike|2023-02-17T14:17:24+00:00May 31st, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases, Product Reviews|0 Comments

T. rex Skull Sweatshirts Now in Stock

With a roar of delight, team members at Everything Dinosaur have got their hot little mammalian hands on the first of their very own clothing range, dinosaur themed sweatshirts for children that feature a T. rex on the front. The company has been working on a number of new product ideas and it had long been an ambition to create a range of children’s clothing that featured high quality and scientifically accurate dinosaur images.

The T. rex Skull Themed Sweatshirts from Everything Dinosaur

T. rex bites back!

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Dinosaur Themed Sweatshirts

The super Tyrannosaurus rex skull motif on the front is based on a real fossil T. rex skull discovered in 1992 (STAN – BHI3033), to give the specimen code and each stitched design has between 20,000 – 30,000 individual stitches in it.

The sweatshirts are a 50% cotton/50% polyester weave and they were chosen as they are very good quality and match the typical sweatshirts and jumpers used in school uniforms. Available in three colours for the moment, sky blue, royal blue and red (T. rex red as we call it), the stitching work is done in England, as the team members at Everything Dinosaur wanted to support the British textiles industry.

A Range of Sizes

Three sizes have been introduced so far with an age range from 3-8 years (chest size from 26″ [66cm] to a generous 30″ [76cm]) and having fulfilled the company’s commitments to those customers who had reserved one, this new addition to Everything Dinosaur’s clothing range has now gone on general sale.

To view the range of dinosaur themed items available from Everything Dinosaur: Dinosaur Clothing – Dinosaur Themed Clothing.

A spokesperson for the company stated:

” We have been working on the introduction of our own dinosaur themed clothing range for sometime. We felt that there was a lot of poor quality and highly inaccurate dinosaur themed clothing for children out there and we wanted to do something about this. Combining the knowledge of our dinosaur experts with the product procurement team seemed the logical answer and I am delighted to see the sweatshirts now in stock.”

The Tyrannosaurus rex Skull

The Tyrannosaurus skull material on which the motif is based represents one of the most complete and best preserved T. rex skulls found to date. The fossil material was found in South Dakota (United States) and in all, about two thirds of the entire skeleton was discovered.

“We carried out research amongst our customers as to what they wanted and got feedback on choice of sweatshirts and what colours to stock,” she added. “Then once the drawings had been approved by our team, it was just a matter of trying to find a textile company that could produce such a high-quality garment based on our specifications”.

The hard work and dedication of the staff seems to have paid off, as once customers got to hear about the company’s plans Everything Dinosaur received a lot of requests to have clothing items reserved. Now that the last of the reserved clothing has been sent out, team members can focus on putting this new and unique clothing range on general sale.

T. rex Sweatshirts Include T. rex Fact Sheet

T. rex fact sheet sent out with every sweatshirt.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

As part of Everything Dinosaur’s commitment to education, each T. rex sweatshirt is sent out with a Tyrannosaurus rex fact sheet written by the prehistoric animal experts in the company. Children get to wear a T. rex skull on their chest as well as to read all about the “King of the Tyrant Lizards”.

Staff are already working on a number of other clothing ideas, with the intention to add more items to their clothing range with “rex appeal”.

28 05, 2013

Sixth Anniversary of the Everything Dinosaur Blog

By Mike|2023-02-17T14:04:58+00:00May 28th, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Happy Anniversary – Everything Dinosaur Blog

Today marks the sixth anniversary of the Everything Dinosaur web log. Six years ago, a team member at Everything Dinosaur produced the first of what is now nearly 2,200 articles. We try and update the blog every day, producing articles on the latest fossil finds, updates on research, answers to customer’s questions all sorts of things with a general prehistoric animal theme.

The first article can be seen here: Hello and Welcome to our Web Log.

Everything Dinosaur

Over the last few years we have reported on approximately seventy new dinosaur species, written over three hundred reviews, produced more than five hundred and fifty articles for ezine inclusion, showcased the work of over one hundred and fifty schools and their dinosaur themed activities and posted up over fifty videos. Our web log has attracted hundreds of comments and team members at Everything Dinosaur have responded to all those that required a reply.

The web log provides a useful resource for schools and for dinosaur model collectors. It also provides information on palaeontology and other aspects of research into the Dinosauria. So comprehensive is the blog, that it contains over 1,000 in-depth articles many of which have been republished elsewhere.

Celebrating Everything Dinosaur’s Blog

Celebrating six years of blogging.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

We look forward to writing more articles and to continuing our web log, roll on article 3,000 – scheduled for sometime in late 2015.

In the meantime, happy birthday Everything Dinosaur’s blog!

To view the range of prehistoric animal and dinosaur toys available from Everything Dinosaur: Visit Everything Dinosaur.

23 05, 2013

Taking our Time – Making Preparations for a Busy Summer Season

By Mike|2024-04-29T06:57:49+01:00May 23rd, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Preparing for a Busy Summer

It may have been one of the coldest springs in the UK on record but things are getting heated up at Everything Dinosaur as team members work on a number of projects and finalise plans for the summer.

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The company’s busy timetable over the next few weeks is to complete the launch of its first own branded dinosaur themed clothing – the long awaited and much anticipated Tyrannosaurus rex skull sweatshirts. Already a significant amount of the first stock has been sold, but we promise to help and assist all those who want one. Watch this space for more news.

Look Out for the Logo on the New Everything Dinosaur Clothing Range

Everything Dinosaur logo.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The Teaching Programme

The teaching programme is as busy as ever, with our hardworking teaching team trying to squeeze in all the scheduled school visits into what is, a fairly short summer term for schools.

Visit Everything Dinosaur’s clothing section of their award-winning website: Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Themed Clothing.

We also have a number of scheduled summer events and activities. Our new dinosaur themed, quirky presentation tentatively entitled “kissing with dinosaurs” is coming along nicely although procurement seem to be struggling with the various odd requests that are coming in. Can we utilise the Mastodon tooth? Along the lines of the more bizarre requests received so far is the one for a gross of “wet wipes”. Not sure what they are up to but it sounds intriguing – we shall keep you posted.

13 05, 2013

Fossil Experts Demonstrating their Skills at Lyme Regis Museum

By Mike|2023-02-17T07:50:24+00:00May 13th, 2013|Categories: Educational Activities, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Fossil Polishing Demonstration at Museum

Members of the public have the opportunity to take part in fossil polishing and learn the skills of fossil preparation next weekend (18th and 19th May), as experts will be demonstrating their skills and knowledge at the Lyme Regis Museum (Dorset, southern England).

If you have ever wondered how ammonite fossils are prepared so that all the exquisite details of their internal structures are revealed, then pop down to the Lyme Regis Museum next weekend and meet up with renowned fossil experts Brandon Lennon and Chris Andrew who will be demonstrating how ammonite fossils should be polished.

Fossil Experts

The fossil polishing team, recently attended the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival and over the course of the three day event they managed to prepare and polish in excess of 700 ammonite specimens. For a small fee, members of the public can have a go at preparing their very own Jurassic specimen and if they are lucky they will be able to purchase part of the amazing legacy of the famous Jurassic coast.

Brandon and Chris Being Kept Very Busy at the Recent Fossil Festival

Brandon Lennon (background) and Chris Andrew (foreground) working with ammonites.

Picture credit: Brandon Lennon

Lyme Regis fossil expert Brandon commented:

“Sometimes members of the public are surprised that there are still fossils to be found, after all, fossils have been collected from this part of the Dorset coast for more than two hundred years. The reason that we keep discovering fossils along this part of the Jurassic coast is because the cliffs are constantly eroding. Storms and high tides keep revealing fossils”.

Ammonites and their relatives the goniatites are an extinct group of cephalopods (Mollusca) related to today’s squid and cuttlefish. Ammonite shells were made of aragonite (a form of calcium carbonate). They were abundant in the shallow seas of the Mesozoic and diversified into a huge range of different species. Ammonites are an important group of fossils and help scientists to age rock strata due to their biostratigraphic distribution.

Fossil Preparation Demonstrations

The fossil preparation demonstrations start at 10am and run through to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday (18th and 19th May) and all are welcome to take part in real “hands-on” science.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur stated:

“This is a rare opportunity to pick the brains of local fossil experts in the Lyme Regis area and to learn some of the skills of fossil preparation and fossil identification.”

After a number of recent rock falls, there should be plenty of specimens available, although members of the public are advised to heed the advice of the local authorities when walking close to the cliffs or indeed taking any of the coastal paths. Many of the cliffs remain unstable and the threat of landslides and rock falls requires visitors to this part of the south coast to take care.

To get the best out of a visit to the Lyme Regis or Charmouth areas Everything Dinosaur recommends taking a guided tour of the beaches with a local fossil expert.

For more information about guided fossil walks: Guided Fossil Walks.

10 05, 2013

Colourful Thank You Letters From Year 2

By Mike|2023-02-16T18:52:28+00:00May 10th, 2013|Categories: Educational Activities, Photos/Schools, Press Releases, Teaching|0 Comments

School Children Studying Dinosaurs Say Thank You

A few days ago Everything Dinosaur received a parcel from a teacher at a primary school we had visited (Great Wood Primary). The teacher had asked her pupils to compose a thank you letter and to write about some of things they did during our visit to their school. The parcel contained a set of thank you notes with lots of amazing and very colourful prehistoric animal drawings. There were many different designs, although long-necked dinosaurs (sauropods), proved a particularly popular subject for the front of the card.

Thank You Letters

Dinosaur Themed Thank You Letters

Drawings of long-necked dinosaurs (sauropods) proved to be popular.

Picture credit: James and Olivia

Ellie drew a flying reptile on the front of her card and she enjoyed learning about Tyrannosaurus rex, whilst Amy chose to illustrate her card with lots of pink dinosaurs and liked learning about Triceratops the best. Jake drew a very scary looking dinosaur on his thank you card, Lucy illustrated her card with a spiky dinosaur, Matthew (Matthewosaurus) was particularly impressed with the skull of the armoured dinosaur that he saw.

Our mailbag was full of lovely dinosaur cards.

Picture credit: Elliot and Aki

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Leah wrote that she “learned that T. rex had very big teeth“, Josh sent in a card covered with big ticks and asked how did the dinosaurs come alive? A terrific question Josh, we think that all dinosaurs hatched from eggs, perhaps you can think of animals that are alive today that hatch from eggs, can you and your classmates come up with a list? We loved the big smiling dinosaur on Toby’s card and Spencer wrote a very long letter, recalling lots of facts about dinosaurs that had come up in our work that day. Our thanks to Dylan for his wonderful dinosaur drawing, the big bones that were in one of the boxes were part of the leg bones from a Stegosaurus, well spotted Dylan!

Spinosaurus and Spinosaurs by Max

Max drew a multi-coloured Spinosaurus.

Picture credit: Max

Lots of Fun!

Lucy said that she had lots of fun and liked handling the fossils, she even drew some bones on the front of her card, Ruby had a great time as well and she liked learning about teeth. Isobel sent in a lovely picture of a dinosaur with a big smile, must be a very friendly dinosaur.

Our thanks to all the pupils for creating such wonderful cards and to their teacher for taking time out of her busy schedule to send them into us.

Our Iguanodon gives Great Wood Primary a big “thumbs up”.

Iguanodon Gives the School Children a Big “Thumbs Up”!

Praise from a dinosaur!

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view Everything Dinosaur’s wide range of toy dinosaurs and games: Everything Dinosaur – Toys and Gifts.

3 05, 2013

Walking with Dinosaurs in 3-D a New Movie Trailer

By Mike|2024-04-29T14:12:34+01:00May 3rd, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Dinosaur Fans, Press Releases|4 Comments

First Trailer for New Dinosaur Movie

Scheduled for a cinematic debut this Christmas, the first trailer has been released for the eagerly awaited new dinosaur film – “Walking with Dinosaurs in 3-D”. This beautifully crafted film takes viewers to the Late Cretaceous of North America and tells the story of a Pachyrhinosaurus and its fight for survival, it being the runt of the litter and its ultimate triumph against the odds.

Walking with Dinosaurs

This film has divided the scientific community somewhat, the computer graphics are excellent and there are some lovely details shown and it will no doubt prove to be very popular with cinema audiences. However, the anthropomorphising (giving human characteristics to animals) as led to some commentators describing this film as “Bambi meets the Land Before Time”.

Pachyrhinosaurus was a member of the centrosaurine group of horned dinosaurs. The presence of fenestrae in the neck frill was a surprise to us, perhaps it is an old injury that never healed properly, and the lack of feathered, shaggy looking dinosaurs in the scenes filmed during the migration could perhaps be challenged, especially as the herd of herbivores are moving into northern latitudes.

Lots of Dinosaurs are Featured

Expect lots of tyrannosaurids, hadrosaurs and providing the threat to the young pachyrhinosaurs – plenty of dromaeosaurids. Should be a visual treat.

At Everything Dinosaur we are expecting Pachyrhinosaurus to have a surge in popularity as a result of this movie. There are a number of excellent models available at the moment, a number of interpretations of this seven-metre-long plant-eater. For example, both CollectA and Papo have introduced a Pachyrhinosaurus model, part of a great expansion in the number of ceratopsian dinosaur models available as a number of new genera have been named and described over the last five years or so.

Pachyrhinosaurus Compared – Papo and CollectA Models

Papo and CollectA Pachyrhinosaurs are compared.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The picture above shows the Papo Pachyrhinosaurus model on the left compared to the CollectA model on the right. Both these model makers have chosen to give this dinosaur a solid neck frill although the pair of fenestrae (holes in the bone but covered with skin), can be clearly seen on both replicas.

To view Everything Dinosaur’s model range: Dinosaur Models and Prehistoric Animal Figures.

Three Species of Pachyrhinosaur

Three species of pachyrhinosaur are currently known, the third species to be named and described was Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum. The fossils of this dinosaur were discovered in the far north of Alaska (dinosaurs living at high latitudes is explored in the movie), the fossils were found in 2006 and this new species named and described back in 2011.

To read an article on the discovery of P. perotorum: Discovering a New Species of Pachyrhinosaurus.

The film has been estimated to have cost somewhere around $80 million USD (£51 million GBP) to make, the original estimates were around £40 million GBP. This is still relatively small compared to the budgets of other films, or indeed when compared to the cost of the BBC’s original Walking with Dinosaurs six part television series first aired in 1999, which for the number of minutes of actual footage shown, represents one of the most expensive projects in the BBC’s history.

22 04, 2013

Today is Earth Day – Recognising the Threats to our Planet

By Mike|2023-02-15T18:40:12+00:00April 22nd, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Earth Day April 22nd 2013

Today, April 22nd is Earth Day, an annual event which raises awareness for the need to be concerned over our environment, climate change and the fragility of our planet. This day is marked by schools, colleges, environmental groups, lobbyists, governments and other organisations who demonstrate their support for environmental protection. We share our home with an estimated eight million other species (not including bacteria and other micro-organisms), many of these species are threatened with extinction and it has been stated that our planet is in the midst of another mass extinction event.

Earth Day

There always are extinctions, a background level, however, there is a growing body of evidence to support the theory that extinction rates are accelerating. Conservative estimates suggest that between five and fifty species are becoming extinct every day. Put simply, from today until the end of the year, perhaps more than 12,000 species will have become extinct, died out forever. The rate of loss is very difficult to calculate, however, if we look at just two classes of animals – Aves (birds) and Mammalia (mammals), it has been estimated that today there are about 13,400 living species. At least one hundred species of birds and mammals have become extinct over the last century or so.

The rate of extinction seems to be escalating due to pressures placed on the planet by a number of factors such as the rapidly increasing human population, loss of habitat and global climate change. The extinction rate is many thousands of times faster than the normal background rate attributed to natural selection.

Many biologists and other scientists have speculated that this period in Earth’s history – the Holocene Epoch, could make another mass extinction event – the “Sixth Extinction” to add to the previous “Big Five” – Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous.

A Programme of School Visits

Everything Dinosaur is doing its bit, we have a programme of school visits this week. We will be working with hundreds of primary aged school children exploring fossils and extinction events. Along with the likes of cyanobacteria, our species is one of those “touchstone species” we refer to, as we are able to influence our environment and change the climate. Events like Earth Day, a worldwide celebration of our planet’s diversity, helps to raise awareness of our pivotal role, one that we can all take part in, to help safeguard the rich and varied life on Earth that we share our home with.

Visit Everything Dinosaur’s award-winning website: Everything Dinosaur.

7 04, 2013

New “Scariest Dinosaur of All” to Feature in Jurassic Park IV

By Mike|2023-02-15T07:49:04+00:00April 7th, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Movie Reviews and Movie News, Press Releases|14 Comments

Hyperbole about New Jurassic Park Film has Started – Which Scary Dinosaur?

With a release date for Jurassic Park IV already announced (June 2014) and a director already on board (Colin Trevorrow), it seems that the rumour mill has started in earnest. With some filming having been completed already and more location work in the swamps of Baton Rouge (Louisiana), under way, it seems the question as to which dinosaurs will actually appear in the new feature film has raised its ugly head. The CGI teams are keeping their creations under wraps for the moment, but the new film, the fourth in the Jurassic Park franchise; has some way to go to beat the scary dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals featured in the first three movies.

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park, released in 1993 had T. rex and the man-sized Velociraptors as the scariest dinosaurs, although a case could be made for the dilophosaurs and their habit of spitting poison at their victims. We all know that the movie makers departed somewhat from the known fossil record, but the first film was truly scary in parts, with lots of “jump out of your seat moments”. In the sequel, “The Lost World” the T. rex and the raptors were prominent once again. The tyrannosaur and its baby even made their way to America for the finale of the film.

Which New Scary Dinosaur for Jurassic Park IV?

The Rebor Oddities Velociraptor foetus – a candidate for a scary film monster perhaps?

Jurassic Park III

For Jurassic Park III, released in 2001, a new super predator was introduced, a Spinosaurus which promptly attacked and killed a T. rex before causing havoc amongst the human actors. Although very few fossils of Spinosaurus have been found, those associated with the holotype having been destroyed in World War II, palaeontologists believe that Spinosaurus may have been the largest, terrestrial carnivore that ever lived. Some scientists estimate that this monster could have been more than seventeen metres in length and weighed more than twenty tonnes.

With possibly the largest land living carnivore known to science featuring in the third movie in the franchise, how will Colin Trevorrow and his team trump the previous Jurassic Park outings? In an interview given this week, John (Jack) Horner, one of the palaeontologists that has advised the franchise makers, stated that Jurassic Park IV will feature a new dinosaur species one that is more scary than anything else seen in the previous three films. But which type of dinosaur could the American palaeontologist have been referring to?

New Theropod Dinosaurs

Since 2001, there have been a number of new theropod dinosaur discoveries so there are plenty of candidates. Could the new “scary” dinosaur be the man-sized tyrannosaur known as Raptorex, or could the bizarre Late Cretaceous meat-eater with its double-sickle shaped killing claws known as Balaur bondoc be the new star? With B. bondoc, think Velociraptor but a more robust, heavy-weight version.

Candidate for a Scary Dinosaur?

A close view of the amazing head of the Rebor X-REX Swarm (plague variant). A candidate for a scary monster?

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The picture (above) shows a Rebor replica.

To view this model range: Rebor Models and Figures.

There are certainly a number of other potential movie monsters in the dinosaur fossil record. Given the liberties taken by the franchise in the past it is difficult to predict what new horrors they may invent. One of the longest and most established rumours concerning the making of a fourth film is that there are going to be dinosaur/human hybrids featured. Drawings of such dino-man creatures were made many years ago and we at Everything Dinosaur have been lucky enough to have seen some of these fearsome creations.

Potential New Film Stars

Other potential new stars for this fourth film include the likes of Giganotosaurus and Mapusaurus from South America, or how about the USA’s own home-grown super predator, the Early Cretaceous Acrocanthosaurus (A. atokensis). This hump-backed, fearsome carnivore was probably the apex predator in the southern part of the United States in the Early Cretaceous, there is some evidence to suggest it hunted in packs and the movie series has not featured large theropods hunting in packs, so why not include some footage in the new movie?

Will the USA’s very own Acrocanthosaurus be the New Star?

A new dinosaur film star?

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

We would welcome comments and suggestions, we have not touched upon the ornithischian dinosaurs or considered prehistoric crocodiles, marine reptiles or indeed the pterosaurs. If you were making a dinosaur film and had to include a scary dinosaur which ones would you choose?

2 04, 2013

New Puzzles Added to Everything Dinosaur’s Product Range

By Mike|2023-02-15T06:32:10+00:00April 2nd, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Educational Activities, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

New Dinosaur Themed Puzzles – Have You Evolved Enough to Solve Them?

More puzzles have been added to the Everything Dinosaur product range. After the completion of the testing programme four travel puzzles/games have been approved and have been posted up on the company’s website. The puzzles include a magnetic Tyrannosaurus rex jigsaw, plus a dinosaur themed magnetic pyramid puzzle, dinosaur draughts and a magnetic dinosaur themed brain teaser.

New Puzzles

The dinosaur draughts (dinosaur checkers), along with the other three items are designed to played on the move, to help keep young palaeontologists occupied on car, boat or plane journeys. In the dinosaur draughts game, one set of counters has a picture of a Triceratops, these are pitted against the opposing counters that have an image of a T. rex on them. It seems that this travel game actually reflects real dinosaur conflicts, as palaeontologists are fairly confident that based on substantial fossil evidence, T. rex and the herbivorous Triceratops really did battle it out.

The Dinosaur Checkers (Dinosaur Draughts Game)

T. rex versus Triceratops.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Travel Games

These travel games are light, pocket-sized and great for keeping budding young palaeontologists occupied on journeys. They are suitable for children from four years and upwards and all the puzzles except the checkers can be played by an individual. When these items were on test with our field testers, one of the ways in which the puzzles such as the Pyramid Magnetic Brain Teaser puzzle (picture below) could be adapted for a multi-player format was to time how long each child took to solve the puzzle. The winner was the one with the quickest time.

The puzzles are actually quite hard, there are thousands of possibilities but only one solution that lines up all the pictures of the stegosaurs, Velociraptors and Iguanodons in the correct way.

Dinosaur Themed Pyramid Magnetic Brain Teaser

Tougher than it looks!

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The team members at Everything Dinosaur are proud of their educational games that they sell. Each one has to be approved by the teachers/dinosaur experts in the company and of course they have to have an appropriate dinosaur theme.

To celebrate the addition of these new puzzles and games, over the weekend a new banner for the Everything Dinosaur website was created that features some of these new products.

Dinosaur Themed Puzzles and Educational Games

Dinosaur themed educational puzzles and games.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Just click on the banner image to be taken to the educational games section of the Everything Dinosaur website. We look forward to adding more products over the next few weeks.

To view the range of dinosaur themed educational puzzles and games: Dinosaur Toys and Gifts.

30 03, 2013

Everything Dinosaur Team Members Work Hard to Minimise Mail Disruption (Important Update)

By Mike|2024-04-29T13:21:38+01:00March 30th, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Postal Strike and Bank Holidays do not Deter Everything Dinosaur

With the long weekend due to the Easter Bank Holidays and the strike by more than 2,000 postal workers in the UK, there can be delays and other difficulties expected in the country’s mail handling systems for the next few days. However, team members at Everything Dinosaur are doing all they can to minimise any potential disruption to the delivery of their customer’s parcels.

A Postal Strike

Following a ballot, members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have gone on strike at 370 crown Post Offices in the UK, this morning. The staff are in dispute with management over proposed changes to the branch network, branch closures, pay and conditions. This industrial action is likely to cause widespread disruption and delays in the processing and handling of parcels and other mail items. The strike also coincides with two Bank Holidays when no mail deliveries or collections are made, so a back log of unprocessed mail is very likely to build up. In addition, new pricing tariffs being introduced by Royal Mail on Tuesday April 2nd will potentially cause further difficulties as staff adjust to the new prices and handling of parcels policy.

In response, to these potential problems team members at Everything Dinosaur have volunteered to work throughout the Bank Holiday weekend. Staff came into the office on Friday (Good Friday) and made sure that any orders placed Thursday evening, Friday and early Saturday morning were packed and despatched and received into the postal network by 10am Saturday 30th April. This action by Everything Dinosaur team members permitted all parcels to be collected Saturday morning by Royal Mail, it will hopefully help to minimise any delays in delivery.

Everything Dinosaur

Staff at Everything Dinosaur will also ensure that any orders placed before 12 noon on the Saturday are packed and despatched and placed in the hands of the Post Office. Team members are on stand by to drop off parcels in person, this too will help to minimise any delays. Unfortunately, the industrial action also coincides with it being the last day of the month over the weekend, Post Offices are likely to be busier than usual as motorists come in to get new tax discs.

A spokesperson for Everything Dinosaur commented:

“We are all working very hard at the moment to try to reduce the impact of the industrial action and other issues surrounding the management and distribution of parcels in the UK. It is likely that delays in the UK would also have an effect on the speed of delivery of parcels to customers overseas, however, our customers can be assured that we are doing all we can to minimise any disruption to deliveries.”

Everything Dinosaur is currently exploring a number of other delivery services and contingency plans have been put in place to ensure that parcels can still be sent out using other couriers, it is our intention to operate alternative parcel handling services and some of these will be in place from Tuesday April 2nd onwards. However, due to circumstances largely out of Everything Dinosaur’s control, there may be some delays to orders that have been requested to be sent by First Class, Second Class and other Royal Mail delivery services.

Everything Dinosaur – Doing All it Can to Minimise Any Potential Disruption

Committed to helping our customers.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the range of dinosaur and prehistoric animal themed gifts available from Everything Dinosaur: Visit Everything Dinosaur.