Whistl - formerly known as TNT - has suspended delivery services

[elsiegee40]

Another delivery company in trouble

 

Whistl suspends post delivery service putting 2,000 jobs at risk - BBC News

[localzuk]

That is remarkably confusing. Whistl was TNT Post, which are a subsidiary of PostNL. TNT Express still exists and is operating OK.

[sted]

why oh why cant it be yodel that dies

[crc-ict]

Unfortunately, because Yodel are incredibly cheap.

 

All the while we all demand ever cheaper or free delivery, the cheapest players will win.

 

Personally, of late, I am sick of waiting 3-5 days for things being sent by Hermes or Yodel 'standard' services and would happily paid a couple of quid more for a more timely service.

[TechMonkey]

Just to highlight this is a mail delivery service, not a parcel delivery service. I think it highlights how hard it is to run such a service & that Royal Mail do a fantastic job most of the time, having to do the same across the whole country, not just pick and choose the bits they want to do.