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Parcelforce Worldwide is a direct competitor of other worldwide delivery brands, such as DHL, DX Group, FedEx and UPS. Parcelforce Limited operates a "hub and spoke" collection and delivery system with two hubs in the West Midlands, south of Coventry. One hub is for parcels for the United Kingdom, and the other for international parcels.
Post Office Limited, formerly Post Office Counters Limited and commonly known as the Post Office, is a state-owned retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of postal and non-postal related products including postage stamps, banking, insurance, bureau de change and identity verification services to the public through its nationwide network of around 11,500 ...
Parcelforce are unregulated (as they are in the unregulated parcel market/service with other unregulated carriers such as DHL/UPS/Fedex e.t.c) - also Postcomm only regulate Royal Mail (letters). All parcel companies charge a clearance fee/charge on imported items subject to customs charges/additional handling being made.
The main business segments are: UK Parcels, International, and Letters (UKPIL), General Logistics Systems (GLS) and Group. UKPIL includes the parcel and letter delivery divisions (Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide brands) in the UK and overseas, while GLS operates a ground parcel delivery network in Europe, the western US and Canada. [48]
The No. 2 mailbox, soon followed by the still-larger No. 3, could accept larger parcels and packages sent via Parcel Post; these large boxes proved particularly popular with rural mail recipients, who could order manufactured goods by mail for delivery to the farm or ranch. [17]
Package delivery or parcel delivery is the delivery of shipping containers, parcels, or high-value mail as single shipments. The service is provided by most postal systems , express mail , private courier companies, and less-than-truckload shipping carriers. [ 1 ]
The Postcode Address File (PAF) is a database that contains all known "delivery points" and postcodes in the United Kingdom.The PAF is a collection of over 29 million Royal Mail postal addresses and 1.8 million postcodes. [1]
HWDC, Langley, Berkshire Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre (HWDC) is a sorting office for inbound and outbound international mail operated by Royal Mail.Located close to Heathrow Airport, the HWDC is situated in the town of Langley, Berkshire, near Slough, and began operations in 2003.