Packets & Parcels strengthens team
We’re delighted to welcome Steve Vass to our Packets & Parcels management teamas our new Development Director. Steve will continue the development of our carrier management interface and build on our existing relationships with delivery companies to offer new customers themost appropriate solution for their delivery needs.
Steve has worked in the carrier industry for over 20 years, more recently spending six years with MetaPack. He was also Product Development Director at Yodel. Steve said: “This is a great opportunity to work withWhistl to develop its new Packets & Parcels one-platformmulti-carrier solution. For the first time it gives small andmedium sized e-retailers access to the best carrier for the best price without the stress of handling multi-relationships.”
Whistl partners with iForce
Whistlwins MBO Deal of the Year
It was a successful night for us at the annual Thames Valley Deal Awards where we were awarded Deal of the Year in the over £25million transaction category for the 2015management buyout of Whistl fromDutch parent company PostNL Henley-based HMT LLP Partner Ian Barton advisedWhistl during the transaction that completed in October last year. Under the new ownership structureWhistl management have taken an 82.5% shareholding in the business with PostNL retaining a significant minority shareholding. Business Magazine’s Thames Valley Deals Awards are the biggest deals events in the South of England, attracting entries from banks and private equity houses, business advisers, lawyers and other intermediaries.
e-retailers’ customers informed on status with branded communications that are triggered throughout the delivery process. We currently handle over 60million ecommerce items providing tracked and untracked services, support for label printing, manifesting and customer notification. Christine Key, Managing Director of Whistl’s Packets & Parcels division said: “The iForce IRS software has enabled us to provide a single, multi-carrier management tool suitable for both large and small retailers who want a seamless cost-effective way to enhance their delivery activity and ultimately improve the end consumer experience.”
To help us continue to improve our multi-carrier, single-supplier solution we’re pleased to say that we have partnered with iForce, the UK’s fastest growing supply chain business, to develop an Intelligent Routing System (IRS) for our Packets & Parcels service. The bespoke carriage software integrates with all our UK and international delivery partners so that we can process, manage and track deliveries more efficiently – a seamless multi-carrier management solution that can be accessed through one single provider. It enables us to pick upmail, large letters, packet and parcels in one convenient collection plus keep
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