Covid-19 Update
Posted by Vicki Greenbury on 3rd May 2020
Covid-19 Update
Well, what a strange time it has been for everybody.
Core Blimey has been operating throughout the lockdown as the cores we manufacture are part of the essential supply chain for Label Manufacturers. We operate with a small team of 4 full time workers out of a pretty big premises. Maintaining 2 metres between people is not too onerous. Where possible staff are working from home.
Having said that there has certainly been some difficult adjustments to make in getting used to the new way of operating. During Level 4 we continued to sell from our website - but only to essential business.
In Level 3 lots of business' are back operating and the first week has been absolutely crazy! We so appreciate your support of our little business and hope you understand if your orders might take a little longer to get to you than normal. There are a few reasons for this:
* Our suppliers are not all back up and running at full capacity yet so we need to be patient with them.
* We are down 2 full time staff members and the social distancing rules mean that sometimes things take a little longer than in pre-covid times.
* Lastly, couriers! I'm sure you've all heard about the pressure that the Courier companies are under and we are no different than anybody else in that this is taking a toll on our delivery times. In some cases deliveries are taking 3 to 4 times longer than we would normally expect.
We do have a system in place for contactless pick ups if you would prefer to do that.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any special requests or concerns and we'll be happy to help where we can. We want our customers to experience success during this recovery process and as a small business we like to support and help other small business where we can!
In the meantime we will soldier on as we have always done - we've been doing this for 20 years and plan to be here for many more. Keep healthy and safe and we wish you well during the recovery process.
Cheers,
Vicki and the Core Blimey Team