The Olympics will be many things to many people. It will be gloriously exciting for sports fans everywhere, a fabulous opportunity for GB PLC to do more business with the rest of the globe, and it will also be a complete nightmare if you work, live or shop in the capital. With millions of extra people crammed into what can only ...
What would you look for in an award-winning company? Management Today magazine knows, and they have announced that UPS is the most admired company in the sector. Let’s consider the facts. UPS serves customers in 220 countries and territories across the world, it has built a reputation as one of the best known global brands and it is known for ...
Corporate and environmental responsibility is generating quite a few headlines in the courier sector at the moment, particularly focusing on companies that offer parcel to Europe services. Last month there were reports of a firm in Denmark who embarked on an energy saving campaign that cut their electricity and heating use by 19.2% in just four weeks. This month the ...
The increased popularity of online shopping, and the knock-on boost to couriers offering the best and cheapest parcel delivery options, has been well documented in recent times. Earlier this year, a representative from online price comparison site Kelkoo put this down to a number of factors, such as: “the use of affordable ‘always-on’ internet connections, simple and secure payment systems and ...
The options available to customers seeking to send a parcel to London, or elsewhere in the UK at short notice, have been widened with the news that City Link is expanding its specialist Sameday delivery service. The Coventry-based partner of Rapid Parcel operates throughout the UK and offers a range of flexible courier services and business logistics for individuals and businesses ...
Hopefully you’ll never need to call for help when stranded in the middle of the Southern Ocean but, if you do, it’s reassuring to know there is one company prepared to come to your assistance. We’re not talking about the navy or the rescue services, we’re talking about a parcel delivery services organisation that will come to your rescue to ...
Unite, the union whose membership includes over ninety per cent of this country’s fuel tanker drivers, may have postponed any threatened strike action over the Easter break but, should the current talks break down, then consequences for parcel delivery to the UK could once again be dire. Every trade union aims to improve the working conditions of its members and Unite ...
FedEx has recently announced that profits for its third quarter have risen dramatically. This success is attributed to e-commerce generally and in particular the shipment of record numbers of Christmas and New Year related items made possible by increasingly cheap parcel delivery. Intense retail trading by major US stores providing direct-to-consumer online sales has boosted America’s second largest parcel delivery ...
“Smart Online Retailers Listen First,” says Senior Retail Strategist Finlay Clark, speaking to the ‘Your Business’ YouTube channel, and this is one tip online retailers should pay attention to, especially when it comes to the importance of social media and how to harness it for the benefit of their businesses. The reality, says Clark, is that people are not necessarily ...
There’s an age-old saying that goes “great oaks from little acorns grow”, something which UPS may be reflecting on. From their humble beginnings in 1907, as a bicycle messenger company in Seattle, one of the world’s largest parcel delivery firms has just conducted its biggest ever deal. Sending a parcel to Europe may not be the same again as, after an ...
Last month saw the publication of eBay’s Online Business Index, the third annual survey of eBay’s top Australian e-Tailers. Launched in Sydney, alongside the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia’s conference on the future of retail in the capital, the report confirmed that, whilst e-commerce continues to boom, other connected sectors are finding it difficult to support this rapid ...
Englishmen and their eccentricities have long been the subject of anecdotal humour, and W. Reginald Bray certainly made a name for himself in the early 1900s when he decided to test the British postal system by sending a fine assortment of unlikely items – culminating in him posting himself on more than one occasion. I’m sure we have all had a ...
