Courier service info
Why it’s your fault @Fedex deliver like this
If you are active on Twitter or Facebook you can’t have missed the Fedex guy who drops a PC monitor over a fence. In case you have, here it is again. In the UK a parcel delivery driver gets £6.10 an hour approx $10. The driver has to deliver between 80-100 packages in their 8 [...]
51 things awesome things learned from delivering the goods
My friend in Spain @grahunt recently posted about the 51 things he learned from selling Spanish Property this year. I thought that it was an interesting post and I could share with my readers the 51 things that I have learned from delivering the freight and other things this year. Some of our customers really [...]
Why price guidelines are wrong for your courier
Often we get enquiries about our courier services and the customer has a guide price in mind. This is great except for when a customer doesn’t really know what service they require. For instance there are three main types of courier service – Parcels, generally delivered by Royal Mail and parcel carriers. Pallets, often delivered [...]
The difference is in the delivery
Yeah I know that’s our company strapline but today it’s also the title of this blog post. I was reading Chris Brogan’s blog post – Ship Vs Shit and musing how delivery terminology has now entered the mainstream online world thanks to Seth Godin. I had been meaning to write a post about why “shipping [...]
But isn’t haulage what you do Sarah?
Err, actually no it isn’t. I was reading a blog post the other day about headlines and it happened to mention that if you were in haulage you should mention haulage as a keyword in your headline. The comments were closed, which was a shame (can’t leave a comment there) and as that is often [...]
Just deliverin’
Why next day delivery guarantees cost your business money
It was my youngest daughter’s birthday yesterday, she was 6 and she didn’t have the things she wanted for her birthday. I didn’t have a lot of time this year to find each present individually and I made the decision to shop online. On Wednesday I ordered all of her presents and I paid extra [...]
What is a dedicated courier?
There are quite a few types of courier service available, and if you don’t know the difference you can find you are wasting time and making calls to the wrong companies. A dedicated courier is similar to a same day courier, but your goods are on a dedicated vehicle. There are no other loads or [...]
When is a XLWB van not the van you want?
Do you know why you want your Extra Long Wheel Based (XLWB) van? Do you want it for the weight? The bulk? The extra .3 of a metre? Knowing what you want your van for means you can get the correct one for your delivery. The Iveco is 4.5 metres long but can only carry [...]
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Quick fuel savers tip #4
Do you know where you are going????. Motorists waste 350,000 tonnes of fuel per year getting lost! You can plan your route on the AA website, it’s free too. Alternatively, buy a Sat Nav system, worth their weight in gold and safer than a map. Planning your route saves you fuel and money. Take ten minutes before [...]
Fuel saving tips #3
This is the third post in a series of quick fuel saving tips, please subscribe so they are delivered directly into your inbox – it will save you money! Sitting in queues costs money and wastes fuel. Avoid congestion by checking the local radio news or trafficmaster for delays before you set off. If you hear [...]
Fuel saving quick tips #2
Reduce weight, and fuel consumption, by removing unnecessary items from your vehicle that do not need to be there for a particular journey. This can include buggies, golf clubs, tools, footwear and all those things you keep ‘just in case’ That also means removing things that increase drag – roof racks and roof bars should come [...]
