City Link collapses, 2700 jobs at risk...

I remember back in 2004-2006 Citylink was flavour of the month where quite a lot of PC based shops used them inc. ocuk.
 
I actually liked City Link as they were very good here. Next day delivery plus free shipping at the three computer retailers that used them. Cue the switch to DPD who are awful here because they sub contract deliveries out and I lose the free delivery on all 3 retailers (OCUK included) and can't get better than a 2 day delivery service with no time slot or updates available. I hope the retailers who used City Link do not switch to DPD as I try to avoid those companies and it's getting more and more difficult.
 
atpbx said:
They have all cut out bulky freight, long items- even TNT are now refusing items over 3 metres long, and they run lorries.
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3.6 actually, but you are right - soon it's going to only be Tuffnells and DX Freight carrying ugly stuff.
 
Re Hermes; I can obviously only speak for my local area but i have found their service to be easily on a par with a traditional courier. We have the same local person who delivers all of the time and they are perfectly personable. Its all fully tracked, etc, literally the only difference is that they use personal cars rather than a liveried van - so what. I certainly wouldn't pay more for another courier, as Hermes gets the job done absolutely on a par compared with the competition.

I didnt have any issue with City-Link either, mind you. I find them all much of a muchness in terms of reliability and drivers. City-Link certainly wont be missed as a company as there are so many other identical entities to fill the void, although the news of the jobs is of course sad.
 
atpbx said:
They don't operate in the same market.


It's not going to get cheaper, prices are going up as companies realise that chasing volume at any cost is a bad business model, DPD, UPS, FedEX etc - are all putting price increases in in the new year.
They have all cut out bulky freight, long items- even TNT are now refusing items over 3 metres long, and they run lorries.
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At the risk of this being the most boring conversation ever (:p) - Hermes are absolutely huge? They operate across loads of the same areas across air freight, sea freight, they operate in virtually every freight area possible over multiple countries. The "myhermes" spin off is obviously an arm which they have correctly seen a gap for, and they are doing extremely well with it.

If the others implement these price increases, they will simply lose consumer share as other people fill the void. Perhaps that is actually the desired outcome :)
 
firstborn said:
Amazon logistics....... translated to ....... we pay any random to deliver your stuff days after you expect it to arrive. Or that's how it works for me.
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Soooo true I have real issues with Amazon delivered

Used city link and the service was naff .. Feel bad for all those people outta jobs
 
My brother in law works there, well at the Coventry main hub.

He found out via sky news yesterday, still no contact from City link about it, just him and work mates playing a guessing game.
 
Just found out on Sky News app on ipod touch last night.

Checked parcel2go.com to find City Link disappeared from services listing.

Not had City Link deliveries for very long time years ago, most deliveries I had from DPD which was fantastic company with online real time tracking, also had few deliveries from UPS, FedEx, Parcelforce, Yodel and Hermes.
 
Jez said:
At the risk of this being the most boring conversation ever (:p) - Hermes are absolutely huge? They operate across loads of the same areas across air freight, sea freight, they operate in virtually every freight area possible over multiple countries. The "myhermes" spin off is obviously an arm which they have correctly seen a gap for, and they are doing extremely well with it.

If the others implement these price increases, they will simply lose consumer share as other people fill the void. Perhaps that is actually the desired outcome :)
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My Hermes do not operate in the time sensitive day definite market as the rest of the UK carriers.

They are also not new, and have been operating in one form or another for something like 20 odd years (as parcel net, Redcat couriers etc)

Ive only been doing this 22 years like I know anything about my competitors right?
 
atpbx said:
Because people are stupid.
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Its just become some default position now for people to assume the government will just bail them out?

To the extent that the government have had to make an official statement on it.

Companies fail, it sucks, but its life.
 
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