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1 in 4 parcels processed out of hours in 2025, Collect+ data shows

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More than 130 million parcels were picked-up or dropped off at Collect+ locations over the last year, and over a quarter (27%) of these were outside of office working hours, reveals new data from Collect+, PayPoint’s Out-of-Home (OOH) parcel network. On average in 2025, nearly…

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