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Eagle Couriers Uncover Forgotten Hotline Number

16 April 2009 by Holyrood Partnership - © Hellmail.co.uk

Scotland’s leading independent courier firm have received an unexpected bonus following a recent takeover deal – a catchy new 0845 phone number.

Directors at Eagle Couriers, which has bases in Bathgate, Edinburgh and Glasgow, were left surprised when they found they had inherited the 0845 123 1230 number after taking over one of their oldest Edinburgh rivals.

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Thursday, April 30, 2009
1-2-3 hotline hits the headlines in Business 7

A report about how staff at Eagle Couriers accidentally stumbled across an unused 0845 number worth thousands of pounds has been published by leading Scottish business journal Business 7.

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When they say it's worth thousands of pounds - they mean it! It's worth thousands of pounds to its network operator, Affiniti, who I'm sure will be pleased that calls are now coming in on it.

http://www.holyroodpr.co.uk/index.php/coverage/entry/deliveries_are_as_easy_as_1_2_3

Scotland's leading independent courier firm have received an unexpected bonus following a recent takeover deal - a catchy new 0845 phone number.

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Jerry Stewart, one of Eagle Couriers' directors, said: "When we took over QED, we knew that it was a deal that would help us cement our position as Scotland's leading independent courier firm. We inherited some of their major contracts with organisations such as the NHS and we were able to combine their 25-year experience in Edinburgh with our own operations.

"However, when we started looking closer at their company assets, we found that they had this 0845 number which they had never used. Their managing director had bought it in 2003 but it was never used as the main switchboard line, so it was just lying dormant when we discovered it.

"We already had plans to expand the business and create a new headquarters in Bathgate, so we decided to resurrect the number and use it as the main point of contact for all of our operations in Scotland.

"It's a nice bonus and means that we've got a shiny new hotline which we haven't had to pay a penny for. It also means that we can now say that organising a delivery is as easy as 1-2-3."

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