City Link in liquidation

[RogerS]

In case you've not heard they've gone into liquidation. Any parcels you have in transit (either way need to be collected by you). Just hope no-one is affected. Feel sorry for the employees and self-employed there.

Also posting under Off-Topic

 

[lurker]

Typical uk story
Set up by ex miners
Became successful due to looking after their customers
Bosses got greedy
Fell into the hands of asset strippers
Little people take the hit but big people loadsamoney

 

[RogerS]

Typical uk story
Set up by ex miners
Became successful due to looking after their customers
Bosses got greedy
Fell into the hands of asset strippers
Little people take the hit but big people loadsamoney

I'm not sure that you are right in this instance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Link_(company)

 

[alan895]

I know of one person in my family who works there and only found out about this Xmas day evening, no hint of anything beforehand apparently.

 

[Jacob]

There's a blog here about it

Moulton moralising here

 

[mseries]

I know of one person in my family who works there and only found out about this Xmas day evening, no hint of anything beforehand apparently.

that's how it is with redundancy caused by administration. Happened to me twice. One time I received a phone call from a colleague while I was driving home during a Friday off. They'd had the announcement at work. It sucks. The employees are liable to lose out on any owed pay, accrued holiday pay, owed expenses and redundancy payments. They will be able to claim from National Insurance though but that's not much. The rubbish thing about this CIty Link thing is that they told them on a public holiday which is followed by another public holiday, then a weekend so they'll not be able to sign on until Monday and lose four days benefit payments.

 

[RogerS]

There's a blog here about it

Moulton moralising here

We'll keep the Ref Flag flying here. Do your research better. Stop bringing politics into it. Get off your soapbox.

 

[shed9]

:roll: Again, any need for the backbiting?

 

[DiscoStu]

Why do people assume that bosses are happy about the situation? Bosses will also be without a job and actually a lot will have a lot of money tied up in companies etc. I can't think that most people want this to happen whether they are the boss or the cleaner.

I know there have been cases in the past where people have bought companies and stripped them of their assets, sold of divisions and patents and then gone into administration, can't think that this has happened with citylink.

 

[RogerS]

:roll: Again, any need for the backbiting?

No but then there is no need for his post in the first place. If anyone had posted a link to an article from the Daily Mail then Mr Butler would have been the first to jump in.

 

[Jacob]

More here.

Good job its not a vital public service gone private. Only a disaster to the employees - many of them on dubious sub contracts, self-employed, agency work, minimum wage etc.
This sort of scenario is where strong unions have most value. And strong governments of course - will they now nationalise city link, temporarily like the banks, so they can then flog them off again to their supporters?

 

[n0legs]

To be honest it's a shame.
I've always had brilliant service from City Link, sending and receiving.

 

[RogerS]

From the forum rules

(6a.) Politics.
Over the years there has been one subject that has caused heated debates on the forums and that is politics. For that reason political discussion, in particular party political comments in a thread are not regarded as acceptable, please remember this is a woodworking forum after all. We do however understand that politics effects everyday life which is why some topics may be allowed depending on the circumstances.

 

[shed9]

:roll: Again, any need for the backbiting?

No but then there is no need for his post in the first place. If anyone had posted a link to an article from the Daily Mail then Mr Butler would have been the first to jump in.

Granted that posting a link to the Daily Mail is a bit pointless but not sure I see the argument that you jumped in because Jacob would have himself.

 

[RogerS]

:roll: Again, any need for the backbiting?

No but then there is no need for his post in the first place. If anyone had posted a link to an article from the Daily Mail then Mr Butler would have been the first to jump in.

Granted that posting a link to the Daily Mail is a bit pointless but not sure I see the argument that you jumped in because Jacob would have himself.

I refer the Honourable Gentleman to rule 6a :wink:

Links to leftie or right wing papers that pontificate have no place here IMO.

 

[themackay]

A lot of companies come out of administration owned/run by the same people with their debts wiped out and the only ones to suffer are the small businesses that they owe money to.Will that happen here?

 

[shed9]

I refer the Honourable Gentleman to rule 6a :wink:

Links to leftie or right wing papers that pontificate have no place here IMO.

I appreciate the rules but surely rule 2, in particular the first line of it should be adhered to as well, else the rules are moot.

 

[lurker]

Typical uk story
Set up by ex miners
Became successful due to looking after their customers
Bosses got greedy
Fell into the hands of asset strippers
Little people take the hit but big people loadsamoney

I'm not sure that you are right in this instance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Link_(company)

Seems I confused them with another company. Taken over by TNT apparently

 

[Higon]

Can't say I'm sorry to see them go but completely understand why they have. Of all the delivery couriers I deal with, they were by far the worst. It got so bad that when buying items from the internet, if the courier was CL then I'd buy from a seller who didn't use them if I couldn't arrange my own courier.

 

[DiscoStu]

I have to agree. Not used them directly but our supplier did and we had to ask them to use someone else has citylink were so poor at delivering when they should. I'd end up with engineers on site but not kit. I used to call them something other than city link!

Not good for those employees though.