BBC: Tuffnells: Parcel firm goes bust with loss of more than 2,000 jobs

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By LoadstarEditorial

13/06/2023

BBC reports:

More than 2,000 workers are to be made redundant after delivery firm Tuffnells Parcels Express went into administration.

The Sheffield-based business has appointed joint administrators at Interpath Advisory after failing to secure new funding.

The majority of Tuffnells’ 2,200 employees, working across its 33 UK depots, will be made redundant, Interpath said.

Just 128 staff have been retained…

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