One of the biggest costs of a courier, haulier or transport industry business is fuel.

Does the price of fuel affect the way you drive? the amount of goods you order online? or is it business as usual for you?

Everything has to be delivered at some stage, from the manufacturer to the warehouse, to the supermarket, to the shops – you get the picture. Margins for hauliers are quite small, often just 4 or 5%, so when fuel increases by 26% in a year so the chances of a profit are relatively small and with fuel set to increase again, more are going to go bust. For the courier that means  one less source of overflow work, as hauliers and couriers work in partnership all the time, contracting and subcontracting to each other.

I have listed here several greener, fuel saving articles as well as the guest blog about the hydrocharger system. Fuel saving driving isn’t just for when the fuel price is high, it’s for all the time so practising the techniques and refreshing your memory of them is a good idea.

The recession isn’t over yet and the Government needs to ensure that UK hauliers, the safest in Europe can compete fairly with other EU haulage companies and heavy fuel taxes isn’t doing anything positive for UK industry, in fact it’s keeping us in recession.

Kevin