Category Archives for Courier

Does your business insurance cover you correctly?

Mar
4

Insurance is a complicated business, even for the simple purpose of insuring a small family car, let alone for the van you use to make a living. Are you certain that you have the correct insurance? After a quick Google search of “what insurance does a courier need” it becomes clear that there isn’t a […]

Potholes 1, Couriers 0

Feb
23

The government has announced it is ploughing £100m into the roads to fix potholes left by the poor weather last year. That’s despite the fact councils road maintenance budgets are to be cut by £160m over the next four years – meaning it is likely the potholes will merely be filled as opposed to the […]

Inflation puts further pressure on couriers

Feb
16

Yesterday’s announcement that the UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) annual inflation rate rose to 4% in January, might wash over many people’s heads. But for couriers it’s a significant concern, especially as experts, including the Bank of England governor Mervyn King, are already predicting another rise to as much a 5%. According to the AA […]

Petrol Could Rise

Jan
14

The price of petrol in the UK could rise by as much as 15 pence per litre within the next 12 months, it has been warned. The Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) of Great Britain made the prediction based on analysis of fuel market trends and tax changes. In its report, the PRA claims that British […]

Postal Strike Results in 30% Rise for Courier Businesses

Oct
28

Daniel Parry, founder of delivery quote comparison service Deliveryquotecompare commented that; “Since publicity of the strikes began, we have experienced a 30% surge in customers using our courier cost comparison service”. Thousands of Royal Mail workers across the country recently went on a 48-hour strike in a row over pay, conditions and modernisation. With more […]

Courier quotes

Sep
23

At the point of launch it would appear that courier services is our second largest category, with over 75 courier businesses currently registered…and we’ve only been live for a couple of days! We expect courier services to be a significant part of the website, especially with the demand for such services from ebay traders & […]