Interparcel takes off on the web

Interparcel, an online firm offering discounted parcels services with most of the leading international carriers, says it has taken 50,000 orders in its first eight months of trading. “Business is booming,” says director Mark Walters. He says that more than half of transactions are with businesses, rather than private mailings. Walters and managing director Alan Ruston, an information technology specialist, formed the business after leaving mailing house Pharos International, where they had helped develop a similar system. Interparcel is based near Gatwick.