UK Mail

DHL Parcel UK Limited
Company typePostal services
HeadquartersSlough, England, UK[citation needed]
Area served
United Kingdom
ProductsPostal services
ParentDeutsche Post DHL Group
Websitewww.ukmail.com

UK Mail, a trading name of DHL Parcel UK Limited (formerly Business Post), is a postal service company operating in the United Kingdom,[1] which has competed with Royal Mail in collection and distribution of mail, since the deregulation of the postal service in January 2006.[2] Its distribution network delivers mail to local Royal Mail sorting offices for last mile delivery through downstream access.

UK Mail competes primarily with Royal Mail and Whistl.[3] Since December 2016, the company has been owned by Deutsche Post DHL Group.[4] The company name was changed from UK Mail Limited to DHL Parcel UK Limited in July 2018, and its parcel service rebranded, although the name UK Mail will continue to be used for mail and packet services.[5]

  1. ^ "UK Mail Group PLC (UKM.L) Company Profile". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Post service opens to competition". BBC.co.uk. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Privatised mail: a second-class delivery". The Guardian. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Deutsche Post DHL Group completes UK Mail acquisition". 3 January 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ^ "UK Mail to adopt global DHL brand". UK Mail. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.