Parcel2Go
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Type of site | Private |
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| Headquarters | Bolton, Lancashire[1] |
| Founder(s) | Fil Adams-Mercer Richard Adams-Mercer Steven Kramer |
| Key people | James Greenbury (CEO) |
| Industry | Parcel delivery comparison website |
| Employees | c. 230[2] |
| Website | www.parcel2go.com |
| Alexa rank |  38,948 (December 2019[update])[3] |
Parcel2Go is a British parcel delivery comparison website offering customers the ability to compare both domestic and worldwide postage options from a range of providers.[4]
History
The company was founded in 2000 by father and son Fil and Richard Adams-Mercer together with colleague Steven Kramer.[5] Fil claims he had the idea for an online parcel business while on holiday and bought the "Parcel2go" domain name for £120.[6] Fil also noted neither United Parcel Service nor DHL were offering online access to their courier parcel services at the time.[6]
By 2009 it was able to announce a turnover of £11.6 million.[5] In September 2017 the Parcel2Go merged with National Pallets of National Pallets of Heathfield, East Sussex; the expected benefit was improved IT support for Heathfield, whilst giving Parcel2go an option to offer customers a pallet service for larger deliveries.[7] November 2019 also saw it launch a £500,000 fundraising attempt on Crowdcube.[8] A planned management buyout was backed by Mayfair equity Partners.[9]
By 2019 the number of employees had risen to 230,[2] and annual turnover to over £100m.[4]
References
- ↑ Greer, Stuart (7 November 2017). "Price comparison firm Parcel2Go launches crowdfunding bid". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kleinman, Mark (3 December 2019). "Post Office rival Parcel2Go delivers stake to Mayfair". Sky News. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "parcel2go.com Traffic Statistics". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Magill, Peter (21 October 2019). "Bolton parcels firm posts £100m revenues for first time". The Bolton News. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Parcel2Go reveals record turnover". Post & Parcel. 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Clarke, Jody (5 June 2009). "Fil Adams-Mercer: 'If you're ballsy, you'll make money'". MoneyWeek. Dennis Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Dawson, Chris (27 September 2017). "Parcel2Go merge with National Pallets". tamebay.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Smith, Ingrid (8 November 2017). "Parcel2Go launches fundraise on Crowdcube for customers". WhatInvestment.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mayfair to become majority shareholder in Parcel2Go". 4 December 2019.
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