PayPoint reveals customer demographics and buying habits

Independent stores are most likely to see young women, particularly those with families, use in-store parcel services, according to new data from PayPoint. More than 68% of people using Collect+ or other parcel services were found to be female, while almost half (45.3%) are mothers who live with their partners …

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Carrying the Royal Mail in the Bruce

Cowan Keys first county mail carrier Robin Hilborn – Bruce County Historical Society The mail must go through, they say—through snow and rain and gloom of night. Even if it means walking 45 miles, and back.  In 1852 that was the job of Cowan Keys, the first mail carrier of …

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How to Leave the House ‹ Literary Hub

The following is from Nathan Newman’s debut novel How to Leave the House. Newman is a novelist and filmmaker based in London. Their short stories have won awards and been published in literary journals and anthologies. A television adaptation of How to Leave the House is being developed by Freemantle, …

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Pattaya honours HM Queen Sirikit in royal tribute ceremony

Participants in the royal tribute ceremony gather in front of the Banglamung District Office to honour Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, on her 92nd birthday. District Chief Weekit Manarojkit presided over the event, joined by local officials, representatives, and members of the public. PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City …

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