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- Final Mile: Hopes for Future
- Rounding up With Thanks!
- Parcelforce Handling
- Take the Floor: Trade Shows
- TNT Adds Drama
- M1 accident causes delays
- Poole, Llanelli, Newton Abbot
- Easter: Parcel Delivery dates
- TNT Puts Out the Fuel Fire
- The Rise of the Superhero
- Out in the Woods!
- 21st Century Parcel Delivery
- DietCompLyf Cancer Research
- Creative Therapy for H&D
- Giving ‘Green’ some Welly
- Blood Sugar Jody Magik!
- Cheaper by the Double
- Brand: Colin caught on film!
- Fedex Fraud Advice
- I am a website…
- Google’s Love Plot ♥
- Don’t. Forget. The. Card!
- UK areas affected by snow
- New Quote System
- Free Ticket: Branson & Sugar
- Bank your Bra & Round Up!
- 5-man search? That’s dumb!
- UK potential delivery delays
- We’ve smashed a record!
- Heavy snow in Ceredigion
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Final Mile: Hopes for Future
Courier services are changing. New technology and enhanced communication systems could mean up-to-the minute information on your parcel delivery as well as delivery windows from some couriers. It may be a while off yet, but the future looks bright. Now … Continue reading
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Rounding up With Thanks!
A year ago we launched our Round up your Pound scheme and it’s been a huge success, continuing to go from strength to strength. We’ve raised more than £3k for charity. What is Round up your Pound? We introduced a … Continue reading
Parcelforce Handling
Parcelforce have kindly informed us about an issue at one of their hubs last night. Any parcels passing through the main parcel delivery hub at Coventry may be subject to delays, but of course they are working incredibly hard to … Continue reading
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Tagged courier service, coventry, depot, hub, p4d, Parcel Delivery, parcelforce
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Take the Floor: Trade Shows
We’re often asked about how to exhibit at trade shows, so we’ve put together this blog post to visually describe how a show comes together and offer some tips to those who are considering taking part in one. First of … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Business 2012, business start up show, courier service, exhibition, p4d, Parcel Delivery, stand, superhero, trade show
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TNT Adds Drama
OK, so it’s not *our* TNT, but this fantastic advert from the TV channel in Belgium just had to be shared! This is how you launch a TV channel: “To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we … Continue reading
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Tagged belgium, courier service, drama, p4d, Parcel Delivery, TNT, TV
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M1 accident causes delays
We’ve been advised by Parcelforce that there was a major accident on the M1 last night and this has caused delays to parcel delivery today due to the motorway being closed at J14/13. We are receiving reports from other carriers … Continue reading
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Tagged closure, courier service, delays, M1, Medway, motorway, p4d, Parcel Delivery, parcelforce, Romford, Tonbridge
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Poole, Llanelli, Newton Abbot
Yodel has advised us they have had some problems with depots in these areas: Poole, Llanelli and Newton Abbot, which they are working hard to resolve. Problems were being rectified over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, but there are still … Continue reading
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Easter: Parcel Delivery dates
It’s Easter next week and besides chocolate bunnies and treasure hunts, there are some parcel delivery interruptions to consider. Courier companies don’t deliver on Bank Holidays, so you’ll need to factor this in to your parcel delivery plans. Yodel has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Holiday, courier service, Courier: Yodel, delivery, Easter, p4d, Parcel Delivery
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TNT Puts Out the Fuel Fire
TNT have released a statement in response to the fuel furor. You might have thought no fuel = no parcel delivery, but TNT are keeping a cool head. Here’s part of what they had to say: “TNT fully fuelled to … Continue reading
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Tagged courier service, electric vehicle, EV, fuel, fuel reserves, p4d, Parcel Delivery, TNT
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The Rise of the Superhero
So, you might all have noticed by now that we have a big blue Superhero? That’s right. You might think parcel delivery is pretty dull; courier services are a dry subject? Not with the Big Blue Hero around, and not … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc news, courier service, O2 Arena, p4d, Parcel Delivery, superhero
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Out in the Woods!
If you went down to the woods today, you’d have seen us planting trees! In support of our Green initiative, which allows our customers to carbon offset their parcel delivery, we joined OxTreeGen for one of their tree-planting events. Since … Continue reading
Posted in P4D Green campaign, P4D News
Tagged carbon footprint, courier service, forest, green, oxtreegen, p4d, Parcel Delivery, tree planting
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21st Century Parcel Delivery
With parcel delivery now so affordable and convenient to book online, more and more people are using courier services to deliver their business goods or everyday items. Whether it’s important to have the parcel tracked; if you want it delivered … Continue reading
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Tagged automated sorting, belgium, courier service, depot, p4d, Parcel Delivery, robots, sorting hub, taxipost, technology
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DietCompLyf Cancer Research
Our Round up your Pound scheme is going from strength to strength with donations increasing from £500 to £800 over the course of three months, to now £500 in only one month! We’re currently supporting Against Breast Cancer who have … Continue reading
Creative Therapy for H&D
This week we received a lovely letter from the Helen & Douglas House children’s hospice. They were our designated charity for the Round up your Pound scheme in November ’11-January ’12. P4D customers generously rounded up more than £800 in … Continue reading
Giving ‘Green’ some Welly
A few members of the P4D team will be heading over to Oxford in their wellies on Friday 16 March. We’ll be taking a short break from parcel delivery to plant some trees for the P4D forest, which is growing … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon offsetting, climate week, courier service, green, oxtreegen, p4d, Parcel Delivery, tree planting
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Blood Sugar Jody Magik!
We’ve gotta say, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers have nothing on Jody Fletcher! She’s the owner of Chilli Promotional Products, one of our most loyal customers who also supplies us with all our marketing goodies. Last year we invented the … Continue reading
Cheaper by the Double
In case you’ve missed it, we should point out that our consignment prices have changed today… they’re cheaper! What is a consignment? In this instance, there are two definitions of a consignment, depending on the courier. Neither is to be … Continue reading
Brand: Colin caught on film!
Late last year we exhibited at the Business Start Up Show at Earl’s Court – our first trade show, and were inundated with visitors to the stand. Whoever thought parcel delivery would generate such a stampede! Neil Humphrey of Studio … Continue reading
Fedex Fraud Advice
Fedex is currently letting their customers know they are aware of an email scam in circulation that fraudulently makes use of their brand. They appear to have it very much in hand and it seems other businesses could learn a … Continue reading
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Tagged brand identity, courier service, Fedex, online fraud, p4d, Parcel Delivery, phishing, scraping, spam
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I am a website…
This short video from one of our customers, Debra, raised a smile from us in the P4D office… I bet your website doesn’t feel this good?! Debra runs dBwebdesigns, offering web design and development services, plus hosting and domain help … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon footprint, courier service, dBwebdesigns, Debra Butler, domain, hosting, oxtreegen, p4d, Parcel Delivery, web design
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Google’s Love Plot ♥
Valentines Day is nearly over and the P4D office has been full of love! In case you missed it we thought we’d share Google’s brilliant Valentines Day graph. Simply go to Google and search for the following: sqrt(cos(x))cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) … Continue reading
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Tagged courier service, google, p4d, Parcel Delivery, valentine, valentines day
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Don’t. Forget. The. Card!
It’s that time of year again… That date in February that sparks many a row… You get home at the end of a long day and your partner has a face like a black cloud. You instantly panic – Birthday? … Continue reading
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Tagged against breast cancer, breast cancer, cancer, card, charity, courier service, p4d, Parcel Delivery, valentine, valentines day
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UK areas affected by snow
Yodel have informed us of potential parcel delivery and collection delays to the following areas in the UK, due to snowfall last night. Access issues will affect all courier companies. We allow couriers until 7pm to collect and deliver your … Continue reading
Posted in All couriers: Service updates, Courier: Yodel
Tagged courier service, Courier: Yodel, p4d, Parcel Delivery, snow, weather
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New Quote System
Today we’re unveiling our new quote results page, which allows you to find the courier service you need faster and even more easily. Next time you visit the site, it should be live. Sort quote results by whether or not … Continue reading
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Tagged courier service, p4d, Parcel Delivery, parcel delivery quote, quote
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Free Ticket: Branson & Sugar
If you’re a Start Up business, an SME or mid-market company, you’ll probably already know by now that Richard Branson and Lord Sugar will both be speaking at Business 2012 next month at the O2 Arena in London. They’re heading … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Sugar, Business 2012, courier service, Lord Sugar, p4d, Parcel Delivery, Richard Branson, start up britain, Virgin Media
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Bank your Bra & Round Up!
Our Round up your Pound scheme is going from strength to strength and for the next three months we’re proud to be supporting Against Breast Cancer. Their research is different because they focus on secondary spread and take a holistic … Continue reading
5-man search? That’s dumb!
Understandably, our customers want to know how P4D works – “how do you get your prices so low?” is a question we get asked all the time (hence, it’s in our FAQs :o), so when we came across this brilliant … Continue reading
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Tagged courier service, kayak, p4d, Parcel Delivery, price comparison, travel
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UK potential delivery delays
Yodel have informed us that there is potential for parcel delivery and collection problems across many parts of the country today due to the heavy snowfall at the weekend. However, although these areas may be considered “challenging”, they are not … Continue reading
Posted in All couriers: Service updates, Courier: Yodel
Tagged cambridge, chesterfield, collection, courier service, Courier: Yodel, delivery, enfield, gateshead, hitchin, kidderminster, manchester, p4d, Parcel Delivery, sandwell, scunthorpe, snow, st neots, stoke, sunderland, weather, woodford
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We’ve smashed a record!
We’d like to offer an enormous “Thank You!” to all the P4D customers who rounded up their pound this charity quarter. By donating your spare change at our checkout you’ve raised a *whopping* £818.40 for the very deserving Helen & … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, courier service, fundraising, h&d, helen and douglas, p4d, Parcel Delivery, round up your pound
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Heavy snow in Ceredigion
We’ve had our first report from City Link of heavy snow in Wales that affected a parcel delivery yesterday. The town is Llandysul in Ceredigion. If you were due a parcel delivery or collection in this area and it hasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged City Link, courier service, p4d, Parcel Delivery, snow, weather
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We’re hiring! Customer Svc.
Vacancy: Customer Service Representative Banbury, Oxfordshire P4D is expanding and on the look-out for a customer service representative. You’ll be fast, efficient, proactive, and work well as part of a small(ish) team. The position is full time Monday-Friday with the … Continue reading
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International Delivery Bonus
The bad news is that all DHL international rates went up on 1 January – this is across the board, so shopping around won’t deliver you a cheaper rate. However, there is also good news: our TNT rates have gone … Continue reading
Posted in All couriers: Service updates, Courier: DHL, Courier: Fedex, Courier: Parcelforce, Courier: TNT
Tagged America, courier service, Courier: DHL, Europe, Fedex, p4d, Parcel Delivery, parcelforce, reseller, TNT, US, USA
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Sainssssssbbbbburyyys
The Boss brought this image to my attention this afternoon and I’ve seen it doing the rounds online, so clearly you like it just as much as we do! Read the charming letter from Lily Robinson, age 3 and a … Continue reading
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Tagged courier service, Lily Robinson, p4d, Parcel Delivery, sainsbury's, tiger bread
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City Link prepare for Olympics
City Link are already starting to plan for this year’s Olympic Games in London. They’ve reported there will be few temporary ‘Games lanes’ available to reduce the impact of increased traffic and therefore they’re looking at alternative delivery routes. Read … Continue reading
Posted in All couriers: Service updates, Courier: City Link
Tagged City Link, courier service, London, Olympic Games, Olympics, p4d, Parcel Delivery
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Wedding Anniversary Origami
Here at P4D we see many wonderful things passing through our parcel delivery systems and from time to time a product stands out. Looking at the image below you might think Emma simply makes wedding cards, but you’d be wrong. … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, courier service, emma tysoe, gift, origami, p4d, paper gifts, Parcel Delivery, wedding
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Cheaper Courier
We’ve some fantastic news for you! Our Yodel 48 service has dropped in price, from £8.99 to £7.90. This is available for parcels up to 30kg and smaller than 90 x 60 x 60cm. What more is there to be … Continue reading
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Tagged cheaper, courier service, Courier: Yodel, p4d, Parcel Delivery, yodel 48
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A much needed Evernote
It might be old news to some of you, especially our American friends, but we’ve only just discovered Evernote. We’re impressed! What is it? Say you’re arranging a birthday party. You’ve seen an outfit you like and took a picture … Continue reading
Delivery by 7.30am? OK.
Our £6.99 Next Day service with City Link is very popular, especially since this price covers parcels up to 20kg. The price takes some beating, but sometimes you need to know your parcel will be delivered by a certain time. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12noon, 7.30am, 9am, City Link, courier service, p4d, Parcel Delivery, timed
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Old News
It seems ‘old timers’ might soon be an old expression as far as the Internet’s concerned. Nick Thompson, Director of KC (broadband provider), says more and more Silver Surfers (over 60) are taking to the World Wide Web to shop … Continue reading
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Tagged clark retirement community, courier service, lipdub, p4d, Parcel Delivery, youtube
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Little Black Book
We’ve had a few requests for an address book on our parcel delivery booking system and as always with P4D, your wish is our command! If you don’t have an account with us, sign up to get one and you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged address, booking, collection, courier service, online, p4d, Parcel Delivery
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