DHL joins Post Office to deliver parcels

[POSTMAN]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dhl- ... -lvmqqwnkl

The Post Office is pressing ahead with expanding its click-and-collect services to online shoppers by teaming up with DHL, the German logistics company.

DHL Express UK will deliver parcels directly to Post Office branches for the public to pick up as part of its service point network. It has 1,300 service points in the UK.

The service will be tested at Post Offices in Northern Ireland before rolling out to more than 1,000 branches throughout Britain next year.
It is the third contract that the Post Office has secured with a big carrier since ending its exclusive parcelhandling relationship with Royal Mail. Since then it has struck deals with DPD — Britain’s second largest van delivery company, owned by La Poste — as well as Amazon, the giant global internet shopping and delivery group.

DHL, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, operates in more than 220 countries, employs 380,000 people and handles more than 480 million packages a year. Last year, it reported revenues of €81 billion.

Until last year the Post Office, which has been helping to deliver Britain’s mail since the 17th century and has more than 11,500 branches, was bound under an agreement to act exclusively for Royal Mail. The ending of that agreement means the Post Office continues to act for Royal Mail, but is free also to operate with third-party delivery firms.

Nick Read, 56, chief executive of the Post Office, said: “DHL is a household name with global reach. Last January we had no carrier partnerships and in the space of a year we’ve grown our click-and-collect capabilities fivefold, a testament to the size and reach of the Post Office network.”
Ian Wilson, 56, chief executive of DHL Express UK, said: “With 93 per cent of the population living within one mile of a Post Office and most branches open longer hours than traditional retailers, click-and-collect is often a more flexible option for consumers than getting a parcel delivered directly to their home.”

[SpacePhoenix]

It's got to be a limited number of branches, I doubt many branches will have the space to be able to store the extra parcels