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Hermes Website:
www.hermes-europe.co.uk Year founded: 2000, as Parcelnet Parent company: Otto (GmbH & Co KG) Speciality: parcel carrier delivering to residential addresses
Number of staff: 1,200
Number of depots and locations: 20 Turnover: £211 million Average daily volume: 400,000 Peak daily volume: 620,000
Maximum weight of packages accepted: 30kg Company profile: in the UK, Hermes operates a network of more than 7,500 lifestyle couriers. This flexible and local approach means that couriers understand the preferences of individual customers, helping to ensure that up to 94 percent of parcels are delivered first time.
Onepost Website:
www.onepost.co.uk Year founded: 2005 Speciality: postal and parcel carrier making deliveries to business and residential addresses Number of staff: 55
Number of depots and locations: 1 Turnover: £47.4 million Average daily volume: not disclosed Peak daily volume: not disclosed Maximum weight of packages accepted: 31kg Company profile: Onepost provides independent postal advice and management, using expert knowledge and specialist software to offer cost savings for sorted UK and international mailings, unsorted post, packets and parcels.
Parcel2Go.com Website:
www.parcel2go.com Year founded: 1991 Speciality: parcel carrier to residential and business addresses Number of staff: 50
Number of depots and locations: 1 Turnover: £18 million Average daily volume: 4,131 Peak daily volume: 8,214
Maximum weight of packages accepted: 40kg Company profile: Parcel2Go has established relationships with all the major couriers and claims to be the cheapest option for parcel delivery. It also directly integrates into Amazon and eBay through its API for ecommerce store owners to organise shipping to their customers.
Parcelforce Worldwide Website:
www.parcelforce.com Year founded: 1990 Parent company: Royal Mail Group Speciality: parcel carrier to residential and business addresses Number of staff: 4,500
Number of depots and locations: 52, nationwide Turnover: £442 million Average daily volume: 230,000 Peak daily volume: 350,000
Maximum weight of packages accepted: 30kg
Company profile: Parcelforce Worldwide provides a wide range of express delivery services in the UK and internationally. Its service also allows customers to collect their parcels from a nominated Post Office, should there be no one in to accept the delivery of the parcel.
Royal Mail Website:
www.royalmail.com Year founded: 1635 Parent company: Royal Mail Group Speciality: post and parcel carrier to residential and business addresses Number of staff: 150,000 Number of depots and locations: 1,400 delivery offices nationwide Turnover: £6.9 billion Average daily volume: 68 million Peak daily volume: 130 million Maximum weight of packages accepted: 20kg for UK first class; 1kg for UK second class; 10kg for special delivery next-day; 15kg for Royal Mail Tracked
Company profile: Royal Mail is the universal delivery service provider for the United Kingdom. The only UK delivery company offering one price anywhere within the UK, with no surcharges for rural deliveries or redelivery. Royal Mail also offers delivery worldwide and a variety of nondelivery mailroom, warehousing, and direct marketing consultancy services.
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senda2b.com Year founded: 2009 Parent company: MetaPack Speciality: parcel carrier making residential and business deliveries Number of staff: not disclosed Number of depots and locations: n/a Turnover: not disclosed Average daily volume: 20 Peak daily volume: 35
Maximum weight of packages accepted: varies according to carriers’ terms and conditions
Company profile:
Senda2b.com helps users find and compare parcel delivery services from many leading UK courier companies. It aims to provide a hassle-free courier service that allows the customer to track his parcel from collection to delivery.
Shutl Website:
www.shutl.com Year founded: 2008 Speciality: parcel carrier making residential and business deliveries Number of staff: 10 in the UK, 10 offshore Number of depots and locations: n/a Turnover: £2-5 million projected for 2011 Average daily volume: fewer than 1,000 parcels Peak daily volume: 7,500 anticipated December 2011
Maximum weight of packages accepted: 1,000kg
Company profile: Shutl aggregates capacity
across hundreds of local same-day courier companies. Launched to service London, Shutl plans to expand to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham by the end of summer 2011, with plans to rollout to further conurbations by the end of the year.
UK Mail Website:
www.ukmail.com Year founded: 1971 Speciality: post and parcel carrier for business and residential deliveries. Number of staff: approximately 2,800 Number of depots and locations: 52, nationwide Turnover: £395.8 million 2010/11 Average daily volume: 18 million items of mail and 90,000 parcel consignments Peak daily volume: 23 million items of mail and 120,000 parcel consignments
Maximum weight of packages accepted: no restrictions, though some larger and heavier parcels may incur a surcharge Company profile: UK Mail has more than 40 years of experience and says it is the largest independent mail, parcel and logistics services company within the UK. It offers customers a range of time-sensitive and secure delivery options for items ranging from letters, parcels and mail to palletised logistical movements.
United Parcel Service (UPS) Website:
www.ups.com Year founded: First offered UK services in 1985, established UK base in 1988 Speciality: parcel carrier making business deliveries
Number of staff: 6,800 UK Number of depots and locations: 50 Small Package facilities, 12 Supply Chain Solutions facilties Turnover: $49.6 billion (global) Average daily volume: 15.6 million packages and documents, globally Peak daily volume: n/a
Maximum weight of packages accepted: 70kg, or freight for heavier items Company profile: UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a range of solutions including the transportation of packages and freight and the facilitation of international trade. It services more than 220 countries and territories, delivering more than 15.6 million packages every day.
Yodel Website:
www.yodel.co.uk Year founded: 2005 Parent company: March UK Speciality: parcel carrier delivering to residential and business addresses Number of staff: More than 10,000 Number of depots and locations: 120 Turnover: £600 million+ Average daily volume: 200 million per annum Peak daily volume: n/a
Maximum weight of packages accepted: 31.5kg, up to 120kg on Yodel XL service Company profile: whatever you’re planning to send and wherever you’re planning to send it, Yodel says it’s ready with a range of services tailored to meet those needs.
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