Polish delivery group inpost has acquired Yodod in a major shake-up of the UK Logistics sector, which converts £ 100 million loan into equity to control the control of the courier company.
Techover has marked the latest chapter in Yodel's turbulent journey, which is after the business interests of the Barkle family and close to nearly. Under the terms of the deal, Inpost now owns a 95.5 percent stake in Yodel's original company, Judge Logistics, maintaining a minority 4.5 percent holding with a London-list payment provider Papoint.
Inpost stated that the acquisition establishes it as the UK's third largest parcel delivery operator for online sale, leaving only the Royal Mail and EVRI behind. The group's market share analysis excludes Amazon.
Rafael Brajoska, founder of billionaire and Chief Executive Officer of Inpost, described the move as a transformative: “We have moved forward five years fast in Britain five years of organic expansion.
He said that the European locker network of Inpost would be able to offer the group with Yodel's home delivery capacity to offer a fully integrated logistics model in the UK.
Established in 2006, the inpost operates a network of automated parcel locker, courier services and e-commerce supply centers in nine European countries. The business took over a billion parcel in 2024.
Yodel's ownership has changed hands several times in recent years. Following rising financial pressures, the Barkle family sold the group in 2023. It was later saved from possible insolvency through the acquisition of final-minute by the Logistics platform shift. Shortly thereafter, CEO Mike Hanox made another deal supported by Papoint and expert lending independent development finance.
Inpost acquisition brings a duration of uncertainty to a close, securing Yodel's future as part of a large international operation.
Brzoska, who meets himself online as “entrepreneur and fighter, business fairy and diver” meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper during a visit to Poland earlier this year. He later posted about the meeting, appreciated for the recognition of UK Inpost as a prominent polish investor.
At that time, Brzoska announced a plan to invest £ 600 million in the UK market. The company's shares at Euronext Exchange at Amsterdam rose 4.3 percent to € 13.83 after the news of Yodel acquisition.
With this strategic consolidation, Inpost has been designed to challenge the dominance of long -established players in the highly competitive parcel delivery market of Britain.
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