Kent companies are you looking to outsource your vans /own transport and deliveries?

Looking to save money? Looking to outsource your transport to make great time and money savings?

Then look no further than your local Essex & Kent Courier company, Arrow Light Haulage.

Did you know the average delivery driver earns between 15-18k per year? Plus holidays and pensions, add in the cost of your van, whether you buy or lease, you are looking in the regions of another 5k a year when you add in servicing, insurances etc.

Do you really think you need all the drivers you have? As a company you can make significant savings but cutting back on your own transport and outsourcing the remainder.

Example, you have two delivery drivers that cost your company £40k a year. By having one and outsourcing the other you could save 7k by using Arrow Light Haulage to deliver on your behalf.

Find you are using a lot of agency staff?

Quite often its cheaper to use a courier as you don’t have to train the driver, induct them, or show them how to use your paperwork/trucks/equipment. An Agency driver can cost you as much as £220 (inc VAT) a day, then they don’t get as much done as a regular courier would.

Just because you have a vehicle sitting their doing nothing, it doesn’t mean you are saving money by getting in a temp.

If you are a business based in Essex, Kent, Herts or London who wants to make significant savings on their costs, then give us a call now on 07816 528421

Regards

Kevin

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The second costliest courier service is...

Image via WikipediaJust in Time deliveries.
While this type of service is the second costliest ( general aviation charters are the most expensive and it is rare for a company to require these services in the present economic climate).

Companies look at the cost of service to engage an "on-board" courier versus the "cost" the company will realise should the product not arrive by a specified time. Examples of this include an assembly line stopping, untimely court filing and attendance, lost sales from product or components, missing a delivery deadline, even organ transplants.

When you use 'Just in Time' services, you are paying a premium for this, and it's vital that your courier or delivery company can deliver to your deadline.

The most frequent users of this type of service are the medical and legal professions, and needless to say, we do provide services to these companies, in complete confidence.

So if you have a subpoena or non hazardous lab samples, give us a call on 07816 528421 to discuss your requirements.

Regards

Kevin

Essex and Kent Couriers and delivery services

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Courier deliveries in Essex and Kent.

Being so close to West Thurrock's industrial parks we often complete journeys that start in Essex and finish in Kent. We then source journeys to return to Essex, so we are environmentally friendlier. We absolutely try not to waste fuel and run empty, it's just not green.

To enable us to run at 85% loaded capacity we belong to several freight exchanges, as well as placing local adverts.

What can we collect and deliver?
Anything (with in reason, and legal) that can fit into the van. Our vans have tail lifts, so it an item is awkward or bulky, we can fit it on.

As an Essex and Kent courier company, we are happy to collect items for our parcel delivery services - no account is needed!

Kevin

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Delivering a bed

Image via WikipediaWe often collect large items of furniture from the warehouses in Lakeside retail park, often beds. Because we are flexible on our delivery times, we can collect and then deliver when you are home from work.

So, back to delivering the bed....
Unless a bed is flatpacked and only a single or double, a two man team is required.
There are many types of mattress, and the memory foam kind is popular but it needs to people to lift on, and lift off the vehicle as it's so heavy.

The beds we collect are often wrapped in plastic sheeting, which we are happy to recycle if you give it back to the driver.

As part of our premium services we can even install the bed for you, please order this service at the time of booking, it is very popular.

So, if you have bought a new bed or even a bed from Ebay, we can help deliver it for you when it's convenient, we can recycle the wrapping and we can fit it together if it comes flatpacked or needs installing.

Give me a call on 07816 528421 if you have any questions.

Regards

Kevin

Essex and Kent Courier and parcel company
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