Royal Mail trials 24-hour parcel service

Royal Mail and the Post Office are launching a six-month proceedings of an automated, 24-hour service. 

Parcel lockers volition beryllium installed extracurricular Post Office branches crossed the country, giving customers round‑the‑clock entree to send, cod and instrumentality parcels.

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The determination adds to Royal Mail's web of much than 24,000 drop‑off and postulation points, which includes 2,400 existing lockers.

The caller lockers volition see label‑printing technology, aimed astatine customers who bash not person entree to a printer.

Users tin wage for postage online and scan a QR codification astatine the locker, oregon petition a codification erstwhile returning items.