Royal Mail extends delivery office opening hours
After 475 years and the invention of the postage stamp and pillar boxes, the Royal Mail has come up with a new idea: letting people collect parcels outside of office hours.
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After 475 years and the invention of the postage stamp and pillar boxes, the Royal Mail has come up with a new idea: letting people collect parcels outside of office hours.
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With the volume of mail declining worldwide, the Royal Mail (the UK version of the USPS) is trailing new ways to make money. One is having carriers set aside their delivery duties and instead capture GPS data of front doors of homes and businesses. The trial is in Essex,… Continue reading More: continued here
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