It's nothing new in this business. I spent some years working for Nightfreight in the 1980's/1990's and virtually the only survivor from that era in anything like its present form is Parcelforce. Basically, when UPS became an established name in the UK they brought with them a far higher standard of performance and other carriers had to keep up or go under. CityLink have consistently failed on this score, and their collapse comes as no surprise to me.
Incidentally, anyone who thinks overnight parcel services are carp today should have been in the trade when I was. I worked for a small company in Nottingham back in the mid-80's who took on sub-contractor work for National Carriers when they got into a complete pickle before they re-branded as Lynx; UPS eventually bought them out. The hub in Birmingham was absolute chaos, I've seen more order and less damaged boxes at recycling centres.
Last edited by: Harleyman on Thu 25 Dec 14 at 23:07
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