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Royal Mail is launching Sunday parcel delivery service amid lockdown boom
Royal Mail has stated that it is beginning a Sunday service with major retailers to make the most of the online shopping boom in lockdown.The company is hoping to “usher in a new era” of seven-day-a-week deliveries by the trusted brand which will begin next month.Royal Mail, which claimed this week that revenues had skyrocketed by £900million to £8.6billion over the last 12 months, delivered 496million parcels in the final three months of 2020.That’s a new record!Customers have become more used to Sunday deliveries now that they’re offered by retailers such as Amazon.And, Royal Mail will begin by delivering for a number of major retailers before expanding later in the year.Nick Landon, chief commercial officer at Royal Mail, said: “The UK