User:CityLink

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City Link was founded in 1969 and, in 1971, Robert J. (Bob) Thomas purchased a controlling interest in the company.

The business is steeped in British history, and was born out of the UK railway system where it utilised the once booming Red Star Rail service to transport goods door-to-door faster than any other courier company. Pioneering the introduction of same-day and next-morning door-to-door delivery services nationwide.

In the early 70's City Link franchised the service, the first to do so in the industry. They quickly evolved and expanded due to a policy of continuous innovations and led the way in providing door-to-door delivery services.

City Link was the first courier to use British Airways’ Concorde to offer an express parcel "same day" service to New York. With the time difference between London and the Eastern Seaboard, the packages famously arrived before they had left!

In 1993 the company was acquired by the Rentokil Initial group, and it’s name changed to Initial City Link.

On the 20th November 2005 Initial City Link announced that as a part of its expansion programme, they were to ‘buy back’ the franchises.

Exactly one year after Initial City Link announced its buy back scheme Initial City Link finished negotiations with the shareholders of Target Express Ltd to purchase Target Express on 20th November 2006. Target was officially acquired and taken over by Initial City Link on 1st March 2007.

The company has now reverted to its original name – City Link.