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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Daniel O'Boyle

DPD acquires Absolutely to boost same-day delivery offering in London

Delivery business DPD UK has acquired 147-year-old “London Courier” Absolutely, as it aims to improve its same-day delivery offering.

Absolutely - which operates in London and the South East - has 2,500 clients and a team of 200 couriers delivering goods via vans, motorbikes and bicycles. It was founded in 1865 as G. Thompson Limited.

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