Royal Mail shakeup with eight day change for some customers | UK | News
Royal Mail has delayed the change (Image: georgeclerk via Getty Images) Millions of Royal Mail customers are being made aware of a significant postal change arriving later this month. Initially scheduled for October 18, the new regulation has been delayed and will now take effect from October 25. Royal Mail has announced it is cutting the length of time it will keep people’s parcels at local collection points. From that date, items delivered to a Post Office branch or a Royal Mail Parcelshop at the request of either the sender or recipient will only remain available for collection for 10 days – an eight-day cut from the previous 18-day period. This change applies to items specifically chosen for delivery to a Post Office or Parcelshop during checkout, as well as parcels redirected there following an unsuccessful delivery attempt by a postman at your address. Royal Mail has made clear, however, that items held at a Customer Service Point, which includes Post Office branches operating as a Customer Service Point, will still be retained for the …







