Royal Mail is set to expand its parcel locker network through a new partnership with locker provider YEEP!, enhancing convenience for customers in sending and receiving parcels.
Starting January 2025, Royal Mail customers will have access to an additional 1,000 parcel lockers, available 24/7. By the end of next year, YEEP!’s network will grow to 3,000 lockers.
This partnership will provide Royal Mail customers with more convenient options for parcel drop-offs, aligning with Royal Mail’s strategy to enhance customer experience by offering greater choice and convenience in parcel services.
UK’s first battery-powered parcel locker
YEEP! introduced the UK’s first battery-powered parcel locker last year. These lockers, provided by kernTerminal, don’t need groundworks or wiring and can be installed in an hour.
Currently, the parcel locker provider’s network mainly covers London and the South East, and it’s expanding to more locations across the UK.
Send-receive convenience
Nick Landon, Royal Mail’s chief commercial officer, says this partnership and the company’s growing number of parcel lockers is an important part of Royal Mail’s strategy to expand its options to make sending and receiving parcels as convenient as possible.
Noël Shapton, YEEP! CEO and co-founder says: “Our YEEP! parcel lockers provide a dense network located in the heart of communities, giving customers an easy and convenient way to collect and drop off their parcels 24/7.”
Is Royal Mail on a modernizing mission?
The postal service seems to be on a modernizing mission in recent weeks. This month Royal Mail says it’s adding another 2,100 electric vans (EVs) to its fleet over the next year as part of the company’s plans to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Last month, the company entered into partnership with Skyports and Argyll and Bute Council, is testing drone deliveries between the remote isles of Islay and Jura in the Inner Hebrides.
The initiative will see postal workers handling the mail on both sides for the first time. The drone is capable of carrying up to 6kg. It’s the same model used in a previous trial in Orkney and is replacing the usual ferry transport.
Photo Credits: YEEP! and Royal Mail
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