British parcels carrier APC Overnight has announced that a record number of consignments passedthrough its hub in the last quarter, indicating positive signs for both the UK economy and the
company in general.Ivor Skinner, MD APC Overnight, commented: “2009 is turning out to be a very good year forAPC Overnight. We are in a very strong position to take the company forward as the UK begins itsclimb out of recession. We are going from strength to strength and preparing for an anticipatedrecord number of consignments for the Christmas period.”
Jon Barber, Marketing Director, said: “Our consignment levels for the summer 2009 periodachieved record levels – up significantly compared with the same period last year. This clearlydemonstrates that APC Overnight is bucking the economic trends seen elsewhere in the UK, puttingthe company in a strong position going forward.”
APC Overnight has more regional depots than any other UK carrier allowing the company tooffer a more personal service to customers as well as providing industry-leading deliveryperformance and cost-effectiveness. The company is also making significant investments in people,assets and technology to maintain its leading position.
“We have newly appointed an additional sales executive within our National BusinessDevelopment team to help grow our national accounts business. We have also launched a new web-basedbooking and tracking solution that provides seamless integration with the APC Overnight businesssystem. This is one of the major technology initiatives engineered by our IT department and is thefirst of many new developments we have in the pipeline.”
“In addition we are upgrading our fleet to take advantage of the latest developments ingreener technologies, namely new DAF tractor units for our Midlands routes from the national huband EcoStream aerodynamic double-decker trailers equipped with automated lifting decks that willreplace the entire trailer fleet,” Barber added.
APC Overnight is the UK’s largest next day delivery network with more than 125 local depotscovering all areas of the country. The network specialises in timed deliveries, offering a choiceof convenient morning or afternoon options as well as a Saturday service. APC Overnight collects,routes and delivers more than 1 million parcels each month with an impressive better-than-99.8%on-time delivery record. APC Overnight is owned and managed by independent local deliveryspecialists connected into a strong managed system.
