Royal Mail in the UK has introduced a new feature in its app – used to track items and buy postage – that allows customers check if a stamp is genuine or counterfeit. The update has been made possible by the introduction last year of a scannable barcode attached to …
Read More »Dorking gets new post office with longer opening hours
A new post office has opened in Dorking, meaning the town now has a permanent location. As well as letters and parcels the new shop will also have stationery and cards. The new branch has opened on 268 High Street (RH4 1QT) opposite Pizza Express and other restaurants. This central …
Read More »PostNL Q2: mail volumes declined more than 7%
PostNL has published its Q2 results revealing “steady progress” with parcels volumes up 6%. Highlights Q2 2024 Outlook 2024 reconfirmed Parcel volumes up 6.0%, with domestic volumes modestly up and continued strong growth from international customers Mail volumes down 1.3% (adjusted for election mail: -5.9%, mainly due to ongoing substitution) …
Read More »Mastering the flute – corrugated products that hit the right note
With the corrugated packaging market experiencing robust growth expected to continue in the coming years, exhibitors at London Packaging Week are seizing this opportunity. The evolution of the corrugated industry continues at pace and is to be realized at London Packaging Week 2024 when the show returns on 11 and …
Read More »Bricks Group secure £84.5m to deliver Nottingham PBSA scheme
Proposed True Nottingham scheme at the Bendigo Building site. An injection of £84.5m in funding from London Wall Lending will help Bricks Group to support the delivery of a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development on a former Royal Mail site in Nottingham, East Midlands. The 28-month loan facility will …
Read More »Building bought during Sighthill regeneration project to be sold
Most of the building — which is used as a Royal Mail sorting office — is owned by Legal & General and the council is planning to sell its share of the property to the firm. It bought part of the unit, on Baird Street industrial estate, by compulsory purchase …
Read More »Post Office scandal: Phases 5 and 6 had islands of conscientiousness in great depths of neglect
Ministers, civil servants, Post Office executives, Fujitsu bosses and lawyers were among the big names to be shamed in the latest epic phase of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Some two years in, the statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has so far heard oral evidence …
Read More »International Distribution Services : Royal Mail expands parcel locker network with YEEP! partnership
Royal Mail has announced a new partnership with parcel lockers provider YEEP!, giving its customers 24/7 access to 1,000 more lockers … Source link
Read More »DPD trials autonomous last-mile delivery robot with B&Q
Home improvement company B&Q is trialling a new last-mile delivery service for small parcels with DPD using a fleet of autonomous robots. According to Retail Week, customers will be notified that their order will be delivered by robot in advance, and once they confirm they will be home to accept …
Read More »Royal Mail to roll out 1,000 lockers with Yeep! partnership
UK customers will have more choice for sending and receiving parcels from January 2025 thanks to a new partnership between Royal Mail and Yeep! that will see 1,000 lockers rolled out in the new year. By early 2025, there will be over 21,000 locations where Royal Mail customers can send …
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