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How You Can Beat the Christmas Deliveries Rush

Although many of us don’t want to think about Christmas until December when in business, it’s essential that you start to gear up for the festive season well in advance to beat the Christmas deliveries rush. Despite the spike in orders, your customers still expect their deliveries to be with them in good time – Read More

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Getting the Most from Last Mile Delivery

What is last mile delivery? It’s the final step of the delivery process, i.e. when a parcel reaches its final destination, usually someone’s home or retail store. It’s the most crucial stage of the delivery process and one that you need to be as fast and efficient as possible. After all, the timely delivery of Read More

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Beat the Felixstowe port strike. Switch from sea freight to road freight

2022 is turning out to be the summer of discontent. After enduring numerous rail strikes, port workers will now follow suit until the end of August. Have you thought about the advantages of using Road Freight? The walkout at the UK’s largest container port, Felixstowe, is set to cause chaos. The Unite union has reported Read More

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With air freight’s rising costs and delays, have you considered cross trade shipping?

As Covid restrictions are eased and, in some cases, removed entirely, businesses are opening once more and we want to discuss something called Cross trade shipping. The inevitable demand for air freight has caught the industry off guard as the number of available aircraft is not keeping pace with the demand. With space at a Read More

7 Reasons Why You Should Outsource to Smart Directions

We’re talented, good-looking, intelligent, well-presented, make a mean cup of tea… OK, so they’re probably not the reasons you were hoping to find, so let’s go back a step and look at why outsourcing logistics to a 3PL (third-party logistics provider) is such a good idea. As you can see from the title of this Read More