Courier and logistics service in the United Kingdom
Parcelforce Worldwide
Company type
Trading name
Industry
Postal Service
Founded
1990
Headquarters
Milton Keynes, England, UK
Key people
Aaron Barnes (Managing Director)
Number of employees
6,500
Parent
Royal Mail
Website
parcelforce.com
A Parcelforce delivery vehicle in 2009Loading a Parcelforce van in Chipping Barnet, 2015Nose of a Vickers Viscount 806 G-OPAS formerly used for Parcelforce International
Parcelforce Worldwide is a courier and logistics service in the United Kingdom. Parcelforce Worldwide is a trading name of the Royal Mail, which is a subsidiary of International Distributions Services,[1] and is organised within the UK Parcels, International and Letters division of the group.[2] The company delivers to destinations worldwide, using an international partner network. Parcelforce Worldwide is a provider of express delivery services covering 99.6% of the world's population, with over 6500 employees.[3]
Its European delivery partner, General Logistics Systems (GLS), is also a subsidiary of International Distributions Services and delivers more than one million parcels a day across 34 countries in Europe.[4] Parcelforce Worldwide is a direct competitor of other worldwide delivery brands, such as DHL, DX Group, FedEx and UPS.
Parcelforce Limited operates a "hub and spoke" collection and delivery system with two hubs in the West Midlands, south of Coventry. One hub is for parcels for the United Kingdom, and the other for international parcels. The hub for the United Kingdom, one of the country's largest buildings, is a highly automated tracking and sorting centre covering 24,000 square metres (5.9 acres) and can handle up to 58,500 parcels an hour.[5]
^"Our company". Parcelforce Worldwide. 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^"Parcelforce Worldwide". Royal Mail. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^"About Parcelforce Worldwide". Parcelforce Worldwide. 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^"Our Partners". Parcelforce Worldwide. 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^"Our hubs". Parcelforce Worldwide. 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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