Final Mile Festive Dates for express courier
Opening Times for Christmas look set to be customer-focused.
Politicians looking to be in the office for Christmas; we expect DfT to announce junior transport ministers Monday.
High Street retail gearing up for Dec 26th Boxing Day sales. IOC asked a selection of fellows for their views on Christmas opening times with the mid-week Christmas and New Year dates.
Not just a day, but a month - Pinch, punch first of the month.
December 1st is Sortation Sunday - December 2nd is Cyber Monday
Toothbrush to TV, Nov 1st to a Black Friday six days later than last and most all of it needs delivering final mile for Cyber Monday, as Excitable Edgar singes the adverts of the partners' Christmas ads for John Lewis to Christmas.
Black Friday next week as Whistl identifies pitfalls and opportunities for online retailers launching subscription services
Whistl has undertaken research with a representative sample of 1000 UK consumers to establish the key points online retailers should consider when launching subscription services.
Melanie Darvall, Director Marketing & Communications, Whistl, said:
Our extensive research shows that it is important for online retailers currently or potentially offering subscription services to understand this complex market of delivering products through the post. There is not a one size fits all approach to this segment of the market. Understanding the dynamics affecting subscriber purchase behaviour is crucial to the ongoing sustainability of using this channel to build market share.
Fifteen hundred quid for electric two-wheel scooters brand new.
Micromobility - IOC at the NEC Birmingham for everything two wheel at the Motorcycle Live bike show.
Electric everywhere, from traditional brands to newcomers on the block, lightweight scooters starting at fifteen hundred quid points to the answer to final mile city density delivery issues.
The new term on the block is PLVs - Powered Light vehicles. 'L zero' L category are the solution to last mile delivery.
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson took a Friday look at final mile this week with a visit to DPD UK in Middleton, Greater Manchester.
The PM met IOC fellow, DPD boss, Dwain McDonald and discussed DPD plans for an all-electric fleet of vehicles, new infrastructure investment and job creation.
Green Fleet awards for IOC fellows – medium and large fleet wins
Institute of Couriers fellows were centre stage at this weeks Green Fleet awards for both medium and large fleet.
Graham Thomas Ocado took the large fleet win.
IOC chair of electric vehicle group, Sam Clarke Gnewt Menzies took fleet win for medium size fleet
My closing shout is we should put our full weight for the sector workforce to represent the population.
TfL boss, IOC hon fellow, Mike Brown stands down as STAT chair as he is set to leave his role as Commissioner in May next year after 30 years with TfL.
Customer Experience & Loyalty Award goes to DPD UK at the 2019 National Business Awards.
DPD UK has been honoured at the 2019 National Business Awards, winning the Customer Experience & Loyalty Award.
Astronaut Tim Peake was the keynote speaker at the November ceremony in front of 1,200 business leaders, investors and representatives from Government and the press, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London's Park Lane.
Your next generation have a stairway to manager
Three years. No student loan – it's paid by levy
Three years in the making, DfE Institute for Apprenticeships have approved the level six standard at degree level for Express Delivery Manager.
A three-year course, no student loan, on-the-job learning with a degree in Express management, paid for by levy apprenticeship funding while the candidate earns a living in the express workplace.
Launch of EAV P1 cargo bike.
DPD UK has taken delivery of the first 10 EAV P1 Electric assist cargo bikes - the result of a partnership with Oxford-based manufacturer EAV.
IOC fellow, Dwain McDonald, DPD UK's CEO commented,
The P1 is an absolutely amazing vehicle and we are immensely proud to be technical partners alongside EAV on this unique project. This is an entirely new type of vehicle and is designed specifically to meet the current challenges for delivery firms in the urban environment.
Five of the unique bio-mechanical hybrid electric-assisted pedal bikes are currently being tested on the streets of London, York and Newbury, while the other five are being shipped to DPD UK business units in Ireland, Spain, Germany, Portugal and France to help support British manufacturing and exporting abroad.
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