Shift steps in to rescue the UK's 'Big Green Parcel Machine'
Logistics tech platform Shift is to take over the Tuffnells brand, after the 109-year-old firm ...
UK parcel carrier Yodel has been saved from collapse by a company backed by logistics firm Shift and an investment bank. The deal will safeguard “thousands of jobs”, according to the BBC, after 50 sites were acquired by the consortium for an undisclosed sum. Yodel said the deal would create a “super-scale” logistics platform.
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