{"id":397851,"date":"2026-01-30T01:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/397851\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T01:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:29:12","slug":"uk-courier-firm-closes-for-good-60-jobs-axed-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/397851\/","title":{"rendered":"UK courier firm closes for good – 60 jobs axed | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A UK courier service has shut done for good after 14 years of operation, and its closure has resulted in the loss of 60 jobs. Pedal&Post used cargo bikes<\/a> instead of vans to deliver over 1,000 parcels a day across Oxford. The company, which has 60 employees, offered services to the likes of Oxford University Hospital NHS<\/a> Trust.<\/p>\n

However, after losing a “major client” that accounted for a quarter of its revenue, the company was forced to close<\/a> its Oxford site, and its London hub that launched last summer.<\/p>\n

Voi, a micromobility company Pedal&Post worked with, ended its contract with the courier service<\/a>, claiming it is “going in a different direction operationally”. The decision has left Pedal&Post unable to continue raising money, and the courier service has said that its “journey has come to an end”.<\/p>\n

Shareholders have also been informed that they’re “unlikely to get their investments returned” as the company proceeds through liquidation.<\/p>\n

The firm said: “Despite exploring every possible avenue to continue – and truly exhausting all options – we have reached the point where we can no longer sustain the business.<\/p>\n

“While this chapter has come to a close, we firmly believe that this is not the end of cargo bike logistics.<\/p>\n

“The landscape today looks very different to when we started – with major carriers now investing in low-carbon, bike-based urban delivery models.<\/p>\n

“We’re proud to have been a part of that shift and to have helped pave the way”.<\/p>\n

Customers shared their disappointment on Facebook<\/a>, including Oxford-based campaign group Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel.<\/p>\n

The group said: “You have been a bright feature of the Oxford streetscape for more than a decade, and we have enjoyed following and supporting your progress.<\/p>\n

“We hope that other cycle-based logistics firms will rise to take the space that you have created.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A UK courier service has shut done for good after 14 years of operation, and its closure has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,149102,149105,35622,149107,59,15300,3264,149106,149104,149108,149101,1125,56,54,55,149103],"class_list":{"0":"post-397851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-cargo-bike-logistics","10":"tag-courier-service","11":"tag-delivery-service","12":"tag-emissions-free-delivery","13":"tag-gb","14":"tag-job-cuts","15":"tag-job-losses","16":"tag-oxford-based-courier-service","17":"tag-pedal-and-post","18":"tag-pedal-and-post-closure","19":"tag-pedalpost-closure","20":"tag-store-closures","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-unitedkingdom","24":"tag-voi-contract-termination"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}