Parcel2Go.com on shortlist for top national award

Bolton firm Parcel2Go.com has been shortlisted for an illustrious national business award, with a chance to be named the Fast Growth Business of the Year 2010.

The Fast Growth Business Awards (FGBA), run in conjunction with Growing Business magazine and sponsored by T-Mobile, celebrate the very best of the UK’s most ambitious businesses.

Parcel2Go.com’s nomination puts the online parcel delivery firm and its 30-strong workforce in distinguished company.

Now in their fourth successful year, the Fast Growth Business Awards have a track record of identifying businesses on the cusp of the big time - from Maximuscle to Multimap, LOVEFiLM, Insure & Go and last year’s overall winner, King of Shaves.

Founded in 2000 by father and son team Fil and Richard Adams-Mercer, along with colleague Steve Kramer, Parcel2Go.com has been shortlisted in the Online Business of the Year category.

The award for Online Business of the Year will go to a company with a rock solid business model that has extensively used the internet to increase its sales profits.

Entries will be judged by a panel of successful business entrepreneurs including Will King, founder of King of Shaves, Julie Meyer, founder and chief executive of Ariadne Capital, and Matthew Riley, CEO of Daisy Group plc.

Parcel2Go.com bosses will be joining a host of other top firms at the prestigious black tie presentation evening in London on Wednesday 14th April 2010.

Founder Fil Adams-Mercer said, “We are delighted to be recognised for the strong business performance that Parcel2Go.com has delivered. Our business has gone from strength to strength as more and more users opt for the cost savings and convenience of our online delivery service. The team has worked incredibly hard and used a great deal of initiative to capitalise on business opportunities to get us where we are now.”