Opinion | Post offices still provide vital services, even if their role has changed in the era of internet and competition from private delivery services

Opinion | Post offices still provide vital services, even if their role has changed in the era of internet and competition from private delivery services

Visits to the post office are among my earliest memories of Hong Kong. Having arrived before the days of email, instant messaging and social media, snail mail provided a vital link with friends and relatives back in Britain. Communication with my wife involved the lost art of letter writing. I have fond recollections of visits …

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First regular drone delivery service lifts off in UK

First regular drone delivery service lifts off in UK

UK’s First Drone Delivery Service Launched by Royal Mail in Orkney The Royal Mail in the U.K. has taken a leap into the future by launching a daily drone delivery service for the remote Scottish islands of Orkney. This marks the first regular postal service in the country to be powered by a remotely controlled …

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