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Delivery company collapses as customers face parcel delivery delays - Yorkshire Live
- On January 26, Pedal & Post ceased trading, shutting Oxford and London sites and disrupting Evri deliveries in Oxford's Clean Air Zone, causing up to fortnight-long parcel delays.
- Pedal & Post said it closed after losing a major client earlier this year and exhausting all options, with management declining to name the client as liquidation talks continue.
- One Oxford resident, Carol Leonard, said parcels ordered on January 29 and 31 containing specialist cat food and litter were stuck at a depot and arrived on February 10.
- CEO Christopher Benton confirmed all 60 members of staff were made redundant, acknowledged challenges of ethical employment in a self‑employed workforce, and defended cargo-bike logistics' viability.
- The January 2024 partnership with Evri showed growing carrier interest in bike-based delivery, as Pedal & Post had operated for 14 years pioneering cargo-bike urban deliveries, while an Evri spokesperson said, `We successfully deliver more than 900 million parcels each year, with industry-leading on-time delivery rates.
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