Royal Mail is trialling a high-tech, solar-powered postbox equipped with a barcode scanner and a larger hatch designed to accept parcels — in what it calls the biggest transformation to postbox design in more than 175 years. Dubbed the “postbox of the future”, the new design reflects the growing shift …

Royal Mail has launched a solar-powered postbox in what the service has called the biggest change to its design in 175 years. The new box accepts parcels and is designed to help senders post parcels bigger than the traditional letter box size. Senders can drop parcels into the drawer that …

A new postbox that can take small parcels is being trialled by Royal Mail. Four boxes have been placed in the Hertfordshire towns of Letchworth Garden City, Ware and Hertford – with a fifth available in Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire. The solar-powered postboxes will support the increasing numbers of people selling second-hand …

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In the biggest change to the postbox since it was introduced 175 years ago, Royal Mail has unveiled a new solar-powered design that will enable customers to send parcels more easily. The new postbox has an extra-large opening to accept parcels larger than those that fit through a traditional letterbox …

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The initiative is designed to help retailers boost footfall, serve communities, and earn extra income Royal Mail has partnered with C-Store Collective to expands its parcel locker network by installing units in or near convenience stores across the UK. The initiative is designed to give local retailers a new way …

The NHS will receive its own Royal Mail postage classification in a bid to reduce missed appointments caused by delayed letters. A barcode system has been agreed between the NHS and Royal Mail to identify and prioritise medical letters, even during periods of national disruption such as strikes or poor …

Bob Walton, 77, of Lostock, had not been receiving his mail regularly for months. He didn’t know an envelope was on its way that would affect his life. It would inform him he needed to be assessed for serious skin cancer – melanoma. He said: “Ordinary post and circulars hadn’t been …

Royal Mail has warned that some of Ofcom’s proposed reforms to the universal service obligation go “against the wider government drive to reduce unnecessary regulation”. International Distribution Services (IDS), which owns Royal Mail, added that the changes outlined by Ofcom to the universal service obligation (USO) would not deliver a …