Royal Mail is developing services and investing in IT solutions to meet the changingdemands of online retailers and their customers." More than 5,000 of Post Office branches offer access to items ordered through click and collectoutside the usual Post Office opening hours. Paul Brown, Head of Commercial Development PostOffice, explained: "Thousands of our branches are now able to offer collection services on Sundaysand from early morning until late at night, offering an extra 150,000 opening hours to customersusing the Local Collect service. We're delighted that even more SMEs can now take advantage of thisservice." Royal Mail Group's express parcels business, Parcelforce Worldwide, started Sunday deliveries atthe end of June now delivering seven days a week.