City Link’s administrators have made more than 2,300 staff at the failed business redundant.

Following the parcel carrier’s collapse into administration on Christmas Eve, Ernst & Young confirmed that although an offer was made for the business by a consortium, it offered “no money up front and significantly undervalued the assets to be acquired”.

The administrator has now made 2,356 redundancies across the City Link’s UK sites, retaining 371 people to deal with the parcels that remain within the company’s network, and to assist in winding down its operations.

Hunter Kelly, joint administrator of City Link, said: “It is with regret that we have to announce substantial redundancies at City Link, which ceased accepting new parcels on 24 December 2014.

“The company endured substantial losses, which ultimately became too great for it to continue as a going concern, and City Link Limited entered administration following an unsuccessful sale process.”

Job offers

Following the announcement, APC Overnight has said it would make available up to 100 jobs to former City Link employees at its national sortation centre in Cannock, Staffordshire, with potentially even more available throughout the company's UK network of 115 depots.

APC Overnight CEO, Karl Brown, said: “This is an extremely difficult time for City Link staff members and their families. Following discussions with board members we’ve made the decision to prioritise City Link staff for the job vacancies we currently have on offer. We’re also making ourselves available to those small- and medium-sized independent businesses across the UK who have been left without a courier during the busy new year period."

 

City Link Limited redundancies by location

 

Number of employees prior to redundanciesRedundancies made on 31.12.14Retained employees
Aberdeen19154
Ashford24195
Basingstoke25223
Bangor16151
Beckton32284
Beckenham23176
Belfast23185
Birmingham705812
Biscester28244
Bournemouth32275
Bristol50455
Cardiff44404
Carlisle28253
Chelmsford483810
City - London19154
Coventry40435054
Durham56515
Edinburgh22184
Edmonton36315
Epsom22184
Exeter41365
Gatwick42393
Glasgow75687
Glenrothes22184
Gloucester32284
Guildford24195
Hatfield1161088
Heathrow13211220
Isle of Wight (Cowes)431
Leeming34313
Leeds110
Lincoln25223
Leicester110
London West Central433310
Maidstone48417
Manchester67634
Milton Keynes916625
Morley74659
Motherwell27243
Newcastle45414
Newmarket110
Northampton47425
Norwich44395
Nottingham48435
Peterborough63576
Plymouth58517
Preston52466
Reading202
Rotherham34313
Scunthorpe28244
Shrewsbury38335
Southampton33294
Stafford40337
Swansea30255
Swindon735419
Warrington11510510
West Bromwich56506
TOTAL2,7272,356371