PostNL wants to slash its parcel collection points by 60%

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Postal delivery company Post.NL has applied for permission to close down 1,500 of its 2,500 parcel collection points, according to regional newspaper group Wegener.

The closures would be one way the company can cut costs, and economic affairs minister Henk Kamp is likely to agree, the papers say.

If the plan goes ahead, hundreds of thousands of people will live at least five kilometres from their nearest Post.NL service point.

The company is struggling to cope with falling volumes of post and competition from express parcel firms.