Royal Mail has announced its plan to open thousands of branches across the UK for the first time ever in a major £43.9million deal. As part of this deal, around 8,000 Collect+ convenience stores will be rebranded as Royal Mail shops, which will be open for collecting, sending and returning …
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Image source, Broughton Community Services CIC Image caption, Campaigners say heavy traffic and parked cars near where the postbox will be installed will put people in danger Article Information Author, Jonny Manning Role, North East and Cumbria Author, Sian Hall Role, BBC Radio Cumbria 5 hours ago Moving a town’s …
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Royal Mail’s parent company has acquired a minority stake in delivery network Collect+ for £43.9 million, leading to a rocketing share price for owner PayPoint. PayPoint set up Collect+ as a joint venture with Yodel in 2009. It would buy Yodel’s stake for just £6m in 2020. Now International Distribution Services …
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By David Hartwig A Sept. 30 definitive stamp issue from Great Britain’s Royal Mail meets a new international postage rate effective Oct. 6. The £3.40 stamp covers the international standard rate for letters up to 100 grams and has a background color of what Royal Mail calls dark green. The …
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The shops will also open during evenings and weekends, providing longer hours than many Post Office branches. Royal Mail is expanding its parcel network by rebranding around 8,000 convenience stores across the UK as “Royal Mail Shops”, part of a broader shift away from letters and towards parcels under its …
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PayPoint and Royal Mail’s parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) have announced a £43.9m investment in Collect+, taking a 49% share in the parcel network. Collect+ has more than 14,000 out-of-home locations across the UK. Around 8,000 of these already handle Royal Mail parcel collections, returns and drop-offs. From 30 …
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Royal Mail has announced plans to recruit about 20,000 temporary staff nationally for the festive season. Positions include delivery, sorting and driving roles in York, Malton, Harrogate, Wetherby, Thirsk and Ripon, among other places. Roles currently being advertised range from part-time to full-time, temporary and permanent. The delivery giant said …
Read More »Thousands of convenience stores will be branded Royal Mail Shop, after the delivery company’s new owner acquired a stake in the parcel network Collect+, in the first big deal since it was taken over by a Czech billionaire. The Royal Mail owner, International Distribution Services (IDS), which was taken over …
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Royal Mail has announced plans to recruit around 20,000 temporary workers to help with deliveries over the busy Christmas period. The delivery giant said the new jobs will be split across two parcel hubs, four seasonal parcel sorting centres and 37 mail centres across the country. It said the hiring …
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