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Parcelforce Worldwide is a courier and logistics service in the United Kingdom. Parcelforce Worldwide is a trading name of Royal Mail Group Ltd., and is organised within the UK Parcels, International and Letters division of the group.
The company delivers to destinations worldwide, using an international partner network. Its European delivery partner, General Logistics Systems (GLS), is also a subsidiary of Royal Mail and delivers more than one million parcels a day across 34 countries in Europe.
Parcelforce Worldwide is a direct competitor of other worldwide delivery brands such as DHL, DX Group, FedEx and UPS.
Parcelforce Worldwide operates a " hub and spoke" collection and delivery system with two hubs based at Coventry, adjacent to the airport. One hub is for UK parcels and the other for international parcels. The UK hub, one of the country's largest buildings, is a highly automated tracking and sorting centre covering and can handle up to 58,500 parcels an hour.