Cheap Alternatives to Royal Mail's PO Box for a small business?

mapleleaf1010

I need a PO box for my business, but the Royal Mail's are £270+ a year. I cannot justify this expense because my business is very small.
What would be my best alternatives?
Cheers

Savvy_Sue

It might help if you stated what services you require from this PO box. 

Royal Mail delivers letters addressed to the PO box to your nominated street address. Other services may require you to go and check a physical mailbox in order to collect post, and this may not be available outside standard office hours M-F. 

tehone

Mailboxes etc https://www.mbe.co.uk

Owain_Moneysaver

There are mail forwarding services and virtual offices, some will open and scan your mail for you and email it so they don't even need to be local to you and you get your mail same day. 

Barry_Bear

These people offer a business mail forwarding service
http://www.1stformations.co.uk

LushesFaith

I was just re-searching this

Grumpy_chap

Sometimes local business centres offer a mail service, for example Regus.  I do not know how the costs compare, but there is the added advantage that they offer a "proper" office so you can actually get a meeting room and meet a Client there if ever needed which creates a better image for the business.  

tripled

Local self storage units often often mail boxes too for a few pounds a month.

SusieTiple

You can give these a try
Mail Box, Free Po Box & Company Services • Office Clerk

I have used their FREE Po Box service and they are very reliable.

can_darter

This article gives a good overview of PO box alternatives:

https://www.hoxtonmix.com/blog/alternatives-to-po-boxes/

*disclaimer - they are promoting their own service as part of the article but I think it's a decent overview