“ Royal Mail launches doorstep parcel collections in ecommerce boom
Demand for UK packages deliveries grows with surge in online shopping triggered by pandemic
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The UK’s Royal Mail is starting to collect parcels from doorsteps across the country, in what it bills as one of the biggest overhauls to the daily delivery service since the first postboxes appeared in 1852.
Customers will be able to hand over items to postmen and women on their rounds, or else leave packages in a “safe place”, from Monday to Saturday after paying a fee online.
The nationwide rollout of the service, which follows trials in areas of the west of England including Bristol, comes during a boom in internet shopping spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic.”
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Demand for UK packages deliveries grows with surge in online shopping triggered by pandemic
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The UK’s Royal Mail is starting to collect parcels from doorsteps across the country, in what it bills as one of the biggest overhauls to the daily delivery service since the first postboxes appeared in 1852.
Customers will be able to hand over items to postmen and women on their rounds, or else leave packages in a “safe place”, from Monday to Saturday after paying a fee online.
The nationwide rollout of the service, which follows trials in areas of the west of England including Bristol, comes during a boom in internet shopping spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic.”
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