3061. Think Logistics: A Way to Recruiting New Drivers
April 05, 2016
Over the next few years, the haulage industry faces an enormous skills gap. Businesses, both brick and mortar and online, keep expanding their supply chain and increasing the demand for haulage jobs. But there are simply not enough new drivers entering the business to meet this demand. The situation...
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3062. Delivery Work is Changing due to Same Day Deliveries
April 05, 2016
At one time, demands for same day deliveries within general delivery work were considered to be eccentric to the point of being ridiculous.
True, some motorcycle couriers and van deliveries could cope in situations where the collection and delivery was in a relatively small geographical area...
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3063. In Courier Work, the Delivery Receipt is Critical
April 05, 2016
Some courier work novices have been known to make one of the biggest mistakes in the book: failing to secure an appropriate proof of delivery receipt.
Scenario
Let’s consider an entirely hypothetical situation.
You deliver five cartons to a client and later in the day you rec...
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3064. How to Promote Yourself in Courier Work
April 05, 2016
Many people employed in courier work are actually self-employed. If you fall into that category, promoting yourself and your business is critically important. That’s because you don’t have a big company behind you doing it all on your behalf.
Here are a few good ideas as to how you can go ab...
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3065. 10 Things Every Courier Driver Should Have in Their Vehicle
April 05, 2016
There are certain things that every courier driver should have in their vehicle.
1. Personal safety equipment. This typically comprises of items such as steel toe-capped boots, protective goggles, heavy duty gloves, a hard hat, a fluorescent jacket and a professional quality first aid kit. A...
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3066. Any Courier Driver Can Navigate London Like a Native
April 05, 2016
For the typical courier driver, the thought of collecting and delivering in London can be intimidating.
Surprisingly perhaps, that even applies to drivers who have lived and worked in the city for years. It’s actually a total myth that every London driver knows the town like the back of thei...
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3067. A Courier Driver Buying Car Insurance
April 05, 2016
For a typical courier driver, many of the basic tips for finding cheaper car insurance will apply to them just as much as anyone else.
However, there are a few top tips that you may wish to keep in mind that, if you apply them, just might save you a little extra money.
• Multiple pol...
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3068. What's New in the La Tania Ski Resort - 2016
March 31, 2016
Every year, the famous Three Valleys’ La Tania ski resort makes a number of changes and improvements.
These are usually too numerous to outline individually, but here are some of the key ones.
• Season ending a week early. Actually, it opened a week earlier too! More to the point, th...
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3069. Desserts, Sweets and ‘'Afters' - What's the Difference?
March 30, 2016
When I was a kid, after a special meal we always had dessert. But some of my friends didn’t have “dessert” – they had “afters”. Others had a sweet and a few even had pudding. Way back then, I remember being jealous of my friends who had pudding because it sounded so much better than “dessert”. Of co...
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3070. The History of the Chocolate Bar
March 30, 2016
How many times have you gone into your local supermarket of corner sweet shop and bought a bar of fruit & nut chocolate, or maybe a bar of chocolate filled with creamy caramel or a good, old-fashioned 70% bittersweet chocolate bar? Dozens, if not hundreds I would imagine. In fact, for wholesale choc...
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Author: Laura Jeeves
