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A quick look at the greener aspects of Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics

Posted on February 26th, 2010 No Comments

I shall make no apology for the Olympics blogs, when it comes to 2012 and London – you’ll thank me for them!

As I may have mentioned… last week I spent a fantastic week in Vancouver looking at the Winter Olympic Games, from a business point of view. This Olympic Games was branded a greener Olympics and the Canadians did exceptionally well, although some may say it was browner rather than greener due to the lack of snow

As a courier service, we are interested in the transportation aspect of the Olympics. Transportation comes in 2 guises – movement of goods and movement of people. In case you didn’t know, the Olympics are the biggest non war related movement of people worldwide. That’s a lot of people to transport.

Transporting people
With over 350,000 people descending into Vancouver, there can be no margin for error. Vancouver has spent a lot of time and money on making the transportation as green as possible. If we were awarding medals, public transport would get a gold. With a newly built Skytrain system collecting people from the airport and transporting them to downtown Vancouver, and then all subway, streetcars, sea buses and buses were free if your were Olympic ticket holders. Traffic in the area is down 30% as people when given the option of driving or using public transport, chose public transport. An important lesson for the London 2012 Games here.

If you decided to cycle you could park your bicycles for free for the duration of the event with the Bicycle Valet company.

The local seaplane company is carbon neutral and free transport via buses was available up to the mountain events too.

Transporting goods
The local courier companies in Vancouver adapted well to the Olympics, many trained up on foot and bicycle couriers to get around any traffic issues, whilst there is less on the roads, there was more congestion with the Torch Relay and Protests.

So far there are no tales of woe like there were at the Atlanta Games, which is a good thing – it means lessons have been learned.

The greener flavour

: Image by janusz l via Flickr

As I mentioned at the top, these Games have had a greener flavour. There are many examples of creatively used items to recycle and reuse. The Olympic and Paralympic Village in Whistler reuses captured methane gas from a former landfill site for energy. The main heat source for the communities is waste heat recovered from the wastewater treatment system.

The roof of the Richmond Oval has been marveled over by many, the wood reclaimed from parasites and instead of being destroyed, it is now a much admired soon to be city treasure.

It’s hard not to be impressed by the efforts made by the Canadians to leave a legacy with a smaller carbon footprint than most.

I hope London 2012 gains inspiration and can deliver the same, if not better .

Sarah

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Pallet delivery

Posted on February 9th, 2010 No Comments

Over the last week we have been looking at ways to improve our pallet collection and delivery services.

: Image via Wikipedia

As you may know we are

Fuel efficient where possible
use green business practices
drive alternative fueled vehicles
train our driver extensively
look after your goods as if they were our own.
provide tracking for high value goods

What this means to our customers is using our same day courier services to deliver your pallets is nothing like using a pallet network to deliver them.

We go direct from collection point to end destination, there is no trans-shipping, just straight forward delivery with just your goods on board and no one else’s. That means a significant reduction in breakages and insurance claims for you.

We also recycle the packaging and pallets if you would like us to.

So what else can we do to help you get the pallet delivery service that your business requires?

Give us a call or leave us a comment

Sarah

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Same Day Courier Services – What Are The Benefits?

Posted on February 2nd, 2010 No Comments

A same day courier service allows your business to transport important goods or documents reliably. This can allow your business to convert important prospects and to win successful contracts. Most couriers will also allow you to track your package so you know when the recipient has received it.

It’s important to understand the benefits of using a reliable courier service and how it can increase your businesses reliability and reputation. By understanding why a same day courier is so important you can start to look for a good company with an excellent reputation for reliability.

In this blog posting we’ll look at the 5 main benefits your business will experience from a reliable, same day courier.

1 – Reliability
You want to demonstrate that your business is professional and reliable. Therefore you need to demonstrate this in every area of business that you operate. This includes delivering items to clients and prospects.
If you can impress your clients and prospects with a professional, sleek and timely delivery of goods or documents, you’re likely to retain these clients. It will also increase your businesses reputation through word of mouth. sloppy delivery will have the reverse affect.

2 – Contracts Speed Up
If you can get an important contract signed on the same day, you can begin starting a project much sooner. Using slower, inefficient courier services means delays in starting new contracts which can all affect your businesses cash flow.
With courier tracking in real time you know when your important goods or documents have been received and therefore when to expect a response. Invaluable, when time is money.

3 – Peace of Mind
Being able to rely on a delivery service to get your package to its destination on-time and impress your clients or prospects is a necessity. Once you’ve sent your package you need to be able to focus on running your business, not worrying about if the package will arrive in time.
Peace of mind comes guaranteed with a same day courier and you needn’t worry about goods getting lost or damaged, or if they’ll be delivered on time.
By using a fully insured and legal service you know your goods are in safe hands. Look for a company that employs fully trained staff to ensure safe transport that’s insured, professional and reliable.

4 – Save Time
Why make numerous trips to your local post office or sorting office? It makes sense to focus on running your business. Let the courier pick-up your important goods from your business premises. Save time by letting the experts handle your problem of getting parcels and documents delivered on time

5 – Save Money
Using a courier service isn’t as expensive as you might think. You get great value and if money is an issue you can always choose a non urgent service.
If you need to get an important document signed today, you might have to drive across half the country for a signature. It makes sense to save petrol costs along with wear-and-tear on your car by paying a courier to do the job. You can also avoid any corporate manslaughter issues that you may have if a staff member completed the job.

Sarah
PS if you have any questions, pick up the phone, we are happy to help