ECourier explained

Type:Private
Genre:Corporate Histories
Foundation:London, United Kingdom
Founder:Tom Allason
Jay Bregman
Location City:London
Industry:Logistics
Services:Same day courier services
Num Employees:230
Homepage:ecourier.co.uk

eCourier is a courier service based in the United Kingdom.

Courier positions are tracked by GPS and an intelligent dispatch system assigns orders via GPRS, improving efficiency in a traditional industry.[1] A computer algorithm distributes orders to couriers in real time based on location, traffic, weather and demand. The algorithm was developed by a team of academics in Italy.[2]

The company stores the historical GPS positions of its couriers, and uploads this information to OpenStreetMap.[3] This information is also offered to the public via an API under a Creative Commons license. As of October 2008, their data set included over 252 million historical positions.[4]

The company was founded by Tom Allason and Jay Bregman, after event tickets were lost by a motorcycle courier.[5] The business won Allason recognition as a Growing Business Top Gun 2007, and Bregman from the British Computer Society as 2005 IT Director of the Year.[6] [7]

Investors in the company include Esther Dyson and Stuart Wheeler. Venture Capital firm Logispring also owned a minority stake in the company.[8]

Notes and References

  1. [Michael Trick]
  2. Real-Time Fleet Management At Ecourier Ltd http://www.springerlink.com/content/v41525296n068264/
  3. Partners - OpenStreetMap https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Partners
  4. eCourier Location API http://api.ecourier.co.uk/
  5. http://www.ecourier.co.uk/pdf/eCourier_News_FT.pdf Moules, Jonathan: Couriers Have High-Speed Connection, Financial Times, 18 March 2006
  6. Award http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/06959143451303647930/young-guns-2007.html
  7. http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.1976 Medallists of the Individual Excellence Awards 2005
  8. "The Winner: eCourier", Evening Standard, 2007 http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/itsyourbusiness/article-23383010-details/The+winner:+eCourier/article.do
  9. "eCourier.co.uk Founder Leaves to Pursue New venture" Press Release, 2008 https://www.ecourier.co.uk/pdf/eCourier_Press_Release_13052008.pdf
  10. Web site: Q&A: Tom Allason on e-commerce delivery startup Shutl . Graham Charlton . 9 December 2009 . Econsultancy . 12 October 2012.
  11. http://www.deloitte.co.uk/fast50/winners/winners-list-2009/ "Winners List 2009", Deloitte, 2009
  12. "Britain's fastest-growing private technology companies", Sunday Times, 2009 http://www.ecourier.co.uk/pdf/eCourier_TechTrack100_2009.pdf
  13. Web site: 2015-11-19. Royal Mail acquires same day delivery company eCourier. 2020-08-26. Ecommerce News. en-US.
  14. "eCourier - Parcel Delivery in Color" Alarm Clock, 18 October 2006, available at http://www.thealarmclock.com/euro/archives/2006/10/ecourier_parcel_deli.html In 2007, the company won the Evening Standard’s Most Inspirational Business award.[8] In 2008, Allason left the company to pursue a new venture.[9] and the following year, launched Shutl.[10]

    In 2009, eCourier reached 6 on Deloitte’s list of UK’s 50 Fastest Growing Technology Businesses.[11] and #53 on The Sunday Times Tech Track list of Britain's fastest growing private technology companies.[12] In November 2015, eCourier was acquired by Royal Mail, and now has one of the largest and most recognisable courier fleets in London and the South.[13]

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