Do you currently pay a fuel surcharge on your courier services?

As you may have noticed over the last 7 months the cost of fuel has risen steadily. For us couriers that means an unavoidable increase in our operating costs. How some couriers deal with the higher fuel prices is by adding a fuel surcharge to you … [Read more...]

Where’s the marketing in your delivery?

When you have a product delivered to your customers, it can be the first physical impression they have of your company. Often if selling goods that need delivering, the customer may not meet the business, it's owner or  a salesperson until a sale … [Read more...]

Wanted: Vancouver based courier companies – pls RT

If you are a courier company based in Vancouver, would you like to meet for coffee? My wife and I will be over for the opening of the Olympic Games. In 2012 we have the Olympic games coming to London, and if you have the time, we would love to … [Read more...]

It’s a matter of urgency

How to decide whether something is same day delivery or next day delivery. As I write in the title, it's a matter of urgency and that is usually decided by the client but it's also the matter of confidentiality. In the past we have delivered … [Read more...]

Our new Tradespace site

A glimpse of our Tradespace

Over the last two years or so we have used BT Tradespace as well for our blogs and packing/transporting tips. The weekend just gone, they have had a facelift and the new site is very visual. It's well worth taking a look at. The most frequent … [Read more...]