More than 2,300 City Link employees laid off

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