Australia Post launch new packaging to honour Indigenous land names on every parcel

Australia Post launch new packaging to honour Indigenous land names on every parcel Australia post has launched packaging which will honour Indigenous land names The new satchels include a dedicated address line for First Nation country  The initiative was launched to mark NAIDOC week but will remain permanent  By Tita Smith For Daily Mail Australia Published: … Read more

Royal Mail to offer timed parcel delivery for an extra charge

Never miss a parcel! (but it’ll cost you): Royal Mail launches service for people to book a specific time slot for letters and packages to compete with rivals Amazon, DPD and Hermes The Royal Mail is planning a new tiered service offering timed deliveries  The cheapest option will allow the Royal Mail to determine the … Read more

Parcel cover complaints soar as couriers wriggle out of paying claims

Parcel cover isn’t the full package: Complaints soar as couriers wriggle out of paying claims By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 6 April 2021 Complaints about parcel delivery cover are rocketing as couriers wriggle out of paying customer claims. Most major delivery firms offer … Read more

Doorbell cam catches ‘porch pirates’ stealing parcel of toys grandmother had bought for grandson 

Moment doorbell cam catches heartless ‘porch pirates’ stealing parcel of toys grandmother had bought for her young grandson Patricia Kaplan, 65, ordered toys to be delivered to home in Andover, Hampshire The semi-retired maths teacher said postwoman left the parcel on her doorstep But later discovered it was no longer there, prompting her to check doorbell … Read more

Royal Mail to pay a one-off dividend as pandemic parcel boom continues

Royal Mail shareholders in line for a one-off dividend as pandemic fuelled parcel boom spills into another year Company to pay one-off final dividend of 10p and to unveil new divi policy in May Trading in line with expectations after profit upgrade earlier this month Adjusted operating profit for full-year to end of March to … Read more

Royal Mail posts £900m sales amid pandemic parcel boom 

Royal Mail shares surge after it posts £900m sales amid pandemic parcel boom By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 10 March 2021 Royal Mail shares surged after the postal service said it expects annual revenues to have jumped by £900million. In a surprise trading … Read more

My neighbour signed for my parcel but it was stolen. What can I do?  

I bought roughly £200 worth of clothes from online fashion brand, Fashion Nova. Currently I am still going into my workplace and couldn’t be there to collect my order.  Yodel, who were the courier company, asked my neighbours to sign for it, which they did. A Fashion Nova customers order was stolen after her neighbours … Read more

Moment ‘incompetent’ delivery driver hurls Amazon parcel over front gate

Airmail? Moment ‘incompetent’ delivery driver hurls Amazon parcel over front gate – after his first attempt rebounds and hits the ground Yana Holmwood caught driver on CCTV camera at her Essex home on Sunday Courier approaches the eight-foot gate and hurls it, leaving it to smash into gate  Driver waits a while before returning and … Read more

Mother makes ultra-realistic Amazon parcel cake for her son’s birthday 

Hope it doesn’t taste of cardboard! Mother makes ultra-realistic Amazon parcel cake for her son’s birthday Nina Evans Williams, 54, baked her son a birthday cake shaped like a delivery box Her son had been receiving boxes from Amazon every week during lockdown Over a two-day period, Nina baked and sculpted the cake for her … Read more

Food parcel scandal: How much food can you buy with a budget of £15.20?

The dispiriting photo shared by a parent in receipt of a Government school meal food parcel – where the items appeared to add up to around £5 instead of £15 – has left many suggesting that they could provide a healthy, more satisfying box of food for the same price.  The fierce criticism of the scheme, … Read more