UK’s Whistl Snaps Up Mail Workshop and Parcelhub
5th June 2018
Delivery specialist Whistl has acquired privately held Nottingham based Parcelhub and its sister company Mail Workshop.
Mail Workshop was launched in 2003 and provides eCommerce shipping and fulfilment, printed matter fulfilment, picking and packing. Parcelhub followed in 2010 and provides a multi-carrier shipping and ecommerce customer service solution for small to medium sized e-tailers who cannot access large scale discounts available to large volume mailers.
Distributing over 6 million parcels annually across the UK on behalf of hundreds of ecommerce, ebay and Amazon retailers the company employs 90 people with a headquarters in Nottingham and was founded by Mark Rosenberg, Managing Director and Steve Riley.
This is the second acquisition by Whistl following a management buyout in 2015. It acquired Prism DM in July 2017 as part of its growth strategy into the fulfilment market.
Whistl says it is the UKs largest Downstream Access Business Mail provider and is actively pursuing growth strategies in the doordrop media, parcels, fulfilment and international markets.
Following the purchase of the business, Mark Rosenberg will remain as Managing Director and continue to operate the business from Nottingham under the Parcehub and Mail Workshop brands. The value of the deal was not disclosed.