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To tag or not to tag?

Posted on August 22nd, 2009 1 Comment

Throughout the summer months traffic around Dartford and West Thurrock can get really congested. Being based only seven miles from the Dartford Crossing we frequently use the bridge and tunnel to get across the river.

Over the past ten years the traffic has dramatically increased. To overcome the problem of increased traffic creating excessive delays, the operating company that manage the bridge and it’s toll system came up with the ‘DARTtag’ idea.

The DARTtag is a free to use service which allows you to cross the bridgeor tunnel without having to scrabble about for loose change.

Recent studies have proved the flow of traffic increases when using the DARTtag. The crossing company at one point introduced a single lane for ‘DARTtag’ car owners and this lane flowed freely, constantly. More recently they decided to no longer use this lane.

Being an Essex based courier company it makes financial sense for us to use the ‘DARTtag’ like most other businesses that operate business vehicles. Why haven’t the crossing company therefore introduced ‘DARTtag’ lanes for commercial vehicles of anything above a car size?

This would without question make traffic flow better and ease daily congestion at the bridge and tollbooths.

Kevin

Posted in Courier Business, Driving

Parcel Delivery: Flat Rate Courier

Posted on December 3rd, 2008 2 Comments

When you book a parcel courier do you read the small print?

Last week we took on a new customer who had read the ’small print’ and found it not to his liking until he came to us. When doing his research he found that he would often be charged a ’surcharge’ for delivering to a private address rather than a business address – between £3-£5 extra. He would also be charged a 5% fuel surcharge, and if he went over weight by even just a kilo, he would be charged an extra £3.00 as well.

He started to add it all up and realised the £8.95+VAT he was being charged for delivery wasn’t that cheap once the ’surcharges’ had been added, if fact it could double the initial price for a parcel!

At Arrow Light Haulage we believe in a transparent pricing system – that the cost is determined by the items weight, and thats it. The only extras we charge for are items such as packing and wrapping materials, again this is optional.

So, if you have a parcel to collect in Basildon, Chelmsford or West Thurrock & Dartford just click on the banners below – we are a flat rate courier, no surcharges unless of course you want us to charge for them