The Post Office signs its first agreement in its history with an external firm to allow for a click-and-collect service from branches
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The Post Office has signed an agreement with an external courier firm to allow customers to collect parcels from its branches
The Post Office has signed its first agreement in its history with an external courier firm to allow customers to collect parcels from its branches.
Courier giant DPD will be able to leave packages at some post offices from next week, offering the click-and-collect service to 250 branches by the end of the month and at 1,500 sites before the Christmas holidays.
Bosses at the 360-year-old Post Office hope to cash in on the growth in click-and-collect services during the Covid-19 pandemic, having previously only allowed Royal Mail parcels to be collected from branches.
They also believe that, with employees returning to offices, click-and-collect services could remain strong, with people heading to post offices near their workplaces when no longer at home for deliveries.
According to the Post Office, click-and-collect services increased 14 per cent year on year. Bosses also said the deal will help reduce both companies’ carbon footprint, with vans no longer having to make multiple stops to drop off parcels.