News / Prospective buyers said to be circling UK parcel specialist Yodel

Yodel’s future has been thrust into uncertainty, with rumours circulating of its sale or administrators being lined up.

News broke yesterday that the UK parcel delivery firm, owned by the Barclay family and with 10,000 employees on its books, was entertaining prospective offers from, among others, The Delivery Group, and that if a buyer is not found, an insolvency expert was on hand.

The BBC reported that a Yodel spokesperson had said the firm had “a ...