By Ian Thomas

The growth in online shopping has raised a whole new set of issues related to waiting in for deliveries. Retailers have been aware of this issue for a while now, with more and more offering a “click and collect” service and online grocers compete as much on their delivery capabilities as they do on quality and value. In order to secure the much coveted Christmas Shop delivery slot in the days immediately before Christmas, you would have needed to have booked your slot with Ocado many weeks ago.

Alternatively you could book a house-sitter, paid to wait in for deliveries. According to BBC News 79% of the UK population has taken time off work to wait in for a delivery and new businesses are popping up offering this service. Not a problem that we have at Arc – Sarah Greenwood featured in this news piece is none other than our own Sarah Leccacorvi.