When most of us think about couriers or problems they may face, we often link these to problems concerning parcels and packages. Many of us forget that any courier driver can be on the road for a considerable length of time and as such they experience all that our network of roadways can offer – […]
Category: Courier Industry
Electric vehicles for courier delivery
If you are a regular reader of our blog posts you may remember a recent posting where we considered the role of diesel fuel within our industry. With that in mind, we thought it was only fair to now consider the implications of electrical vehicles and whether this is something that could be adopted within […]
Would a specific digital tax harm the courier industry?
Rock Solid Deliveries – experts in same day delivery, look at what a specific digital tax could do to the industry. The government have spent billions of pounds over the last few weeks and months trying to keep the economy surviving during the pandemic. The sums involved are figures which we have never seen in […]
Sending parcels abroad after the transition period.
Did everyone forget about Brexit because of a shift in priorities over the last few months? The clock is still ticking down! Although we have now left the EU we are in a transition period, where for everyday life purposes everything broadly remains the same. You can send and receive parcels to the EU in […]
The role of diesel fuel in the courier industry
Diesel fuel (compared to petrol and electric) has got something of a rather bad name recently when it comes to how vehicles are run. In this article we’ll take a closer look at this and why the reliance on diesel is important for commercial industries like the courier industry. Whichever way it cuts, there is […]
An explanation of what3words
You are probably looking at this blog post title and wondering what it is actually on about – stick with it – all will become clear! What is it? What3words is a new app or system for locations. The interface divides the whole globe into 3m squares. Then individual squares are drawn up within that […]