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One of the worst delivery companys in the uk. they fail to deliverto te easiest of addresses even without a simple call to ask directions. An absolut disgrace for a national company. If your hinking about using them DON'T they will just let you down. see threads on google search to see the amount of complaints. |
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City Link was founded in 1969; and, in 1971, Robert J. (Bob) Thomas purchased a controlling interest in the company. |
City Link was founded in 1969; and, in 1971, Robert J. (Bob) Thomas purchased a controlling interest in the company. |
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| Company type | Subsidary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Courier |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Camberley, UK |
Key people | Petar Cvetkovic MD, Colin Tyler FD |
| Products | Freight Forwarding Services Logistics Services |
| Revenue | £417.1 million GBP (2007) |
| Website | www.city-link.co.uk |
City Link is a British next day courier company based in Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom. City Link operates services in the UK including the Isle of Man from its hubs in Coventry, West Midlands and Wednesbury, West Midlands. The company is a part of the Rentokil Initial Group.
History
City Link was founded in 1969; and, in 1971, Robert J. (Bob) Thomas purchased a controlling interest in the company.
The business is steeped in British history, and was born out of the UK railway system where it utilised the once booming Red Star Parcels Rail service to transport goods door-to-door faster than any other courier company. Pioneering the introduction of same-day and next-morning door-to-door delivery services nationwide.
In the early 1970's City Link franchised the service, the first to do so in the industry. They quickly evolved and expanded due to a policy of continuous innovations and led the way in providing door-to-door delivery services.
City Link was the first courier to use British Airways’ Concorde to offer an express parcel "same day" service to New York. With the time difference between London and the Eastern Seaboard, the packages famously arrived before they had left!
In 1993 the company was acquired by the Rentokil Initial group, and its name changed to Initial City Link.
On the 20th November 2005 Initial City Link announced that as a part of its expansion programme, they were to ‘buy back’ the franchises. This was completed in March 2007 with the purchase of Tiger Haulage Ltd - City Link's Beds, Herts and Bucks franchise.
Exactly one year after Initial City Link announced its buy back scheme Initial City Link finished negotiations with the shareholders of Target Express Ltd to purchase Target Express on 20th November 2006. Target was officially acquired and taken over by Initial City Link on 1st March 2007.
In late 2006 City Link's head office moved from Twickenham to Camberley in Surrey.
As a part of it's merger with Target Express - City Link announced recently that throughout 2008 will be closing 42 of the 110 combined branches following the sucessful merger between Bournemouth City Link and Bournemouth Target depots in January 2008.
A further eight new 'Super-Branches' will be opened throughout 2008 using state-of-the-art technology to process parcels more efficiantly.
The company has now reverted to its original name – City Link.
External links
- City Link webpage
- Reviews from Ciao.co.uk
One of the worst delivery services in the U.K. Have had a few things sent via them ALL of the failed to be delivered Although having contact numbers They do not call to ask directions or to sat they cant find you. It begs to wonder if they try at all. don't think they could find me if I lived next door to there depot. I am not alone in this view. My advice to any companys thinking of using them is DON'T they will drag your bussiness into the ground. A Disgrace for a so called national company.