A report by Mike Baker, Clydesdale Bank & speaker at IOC Heads of Industry event.

Carl Lomas IOC Chair speaking on Black Friday, ‘As retailers extend Black Friday the logistics companies await figures to see how big 2015 peak for home delivery will be. A week of poor weather, rain & in the wake of the Paris terrorist issues, first vision is consumers are staying at home and buying on line in the safety, warmth and comfort of their arm chairs. This could create the biggest home delivery numbers so far in the four year history of UK Black Friday.’

IOC organise Two-wheel courier escort in 2015 Lord Mayor's Show

800 hundred year tradition, two wheel escort, plate number 50 for Maritime truck entry with two wheel escort to Lord Mayors show for IOD East meets West float in glorious colour and captured by the BBC.

Institute of Couriers Chairman Carl Lomas was asked to find two wheel escort for the Lord mayor show entry of the IOD East Meets west float hauled by Maritime Transport, CitySprint put forward City of London Motorcycle Courier Graham with a twin top box Honda motorcycle.

The 2015 shortlisters for the 19th National Courier Awards gather on the staircase at the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall, London

2015 the nineteenth National courier awards.