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THE Post Office has warned Brits to send their Christmas mail ahead of its busiest day of the year. During peak times, more people than usual will be sending off their festive parcels and cards. Sign up for the Money newsletter Thank you! The Post Office is urging people to …

If you’re looking to post Christmas parcels or cards to relatives across the UK, it’s time to pencil in those last posting dates. Post Office has announced that Monday (8 Dec) is looking likely to be its busiest day for sending Christmas post. With Brits planning on sending more gifts …

The Post Office has urged people to organise sending their parcels ahead of the expected busiest day at its branches on December 8. Britons are planning on sending more gifts this Christmas compared to last year – up from 20% to 33%, according to a survey for the Post Office. …

A Valentine’s Day themed knitted postbox topper in Weymouth last year (Picture: Getty) Have you seen a postbox wrapped up in a bin bag with a sign saying ‘Out of service’ lately? If so, your local street has most likely been chosen for a ‘post box of the future’, the …

Villagers in Bradfield Southend are rallying to save their traditional postbox after Royal Mail began preparations for its replacement. Residents found the familiar red postbox outside the Village Post Office wrapped in cellophane, signalling that a modern parcel-accepting postbox would soon take its place. The move has sparked a petition, …

Royal Mail has rolled out six solar-powered ‘postboxes of the future’ in Exeter. The new postboxes have been put in place as the company continues to find ways to make collecting, sending and returning more convenient. The new design allows customers to send and return labelled parcels – up to …

THERE are few more visible, and in some ways more depressing, examples of 21st-century technology advance than the fate of Worcester’s main post office. For 55 years it occupied rather grand, purpose-built premises right next to Foregate Street rail bridge and opposite the old Star Hotel, now Worcester Whitehouse. It …

Created: Sep 11, 2025 12:07 PM (Updated: Sep 11, 2025 12:07 PM) Alex Williams and Natalia Saagen-Polomskikh, from Britain’s Department for Business and Trade, meet Diallo Rabain, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Digital Innovation, and Samuel Brangman, the postmaster-general, at the Universal Postal Congress in Dubai (Photograph supplied) …

Alongside its home delivery and collection services, the company said there are now more than 23,500 parcel points across the UK, including lockers, Collect+ stores, Post Office branches, Royal Mail customer service points and existing parcel postboxes. Source link

The mutual ownership concept was first discussed in 2012 after the Post Office separated from Royal Mail. Well-known British mutuals include John … Source link