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1 in 10 Brits aren’t getting their deliveries due to loss or theft

1 in 10 Brits have had their parcels lost or stolen in the past year

New research from Packaging Online has revealed that 1 in 10 Brits aren’t getting their deliveries due to loss or theft – plus if you live in the Thames Valley area, you’re more likely to have your parcel stolen here than anywhere else in the UK.

How common is package theft?

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, parcel theft was an issue in the UK. From 2019 to 2020, there were...

The amount of rubber bands on the ground around the UK is in the millions

The Royal Mail lose 1 billion rubber bands a year

If you take a close look at the pavements up and down the UK, you might notice that they are littered with rubber bands - but where on earth are they coming from?

Unfortunately, the culprit is your local postie, as the Royal Mail use rubber bands to group letters together in their sorting offices ready for postal workers to deliver eagerly-awaited letters and unwanted junk mail in...