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SPECIAL REPORT | Logistics
Delivering
THE GOODS
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In modern business, time wasted equals money spurned. Time is money and effective service means
more business and better sales. This is particularly important to international trade, where you need
to send and receive goods as efficiently and reliably as possible. As Robert Hogan finds out, a good
delivery service partner can make all the difference.
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THE DELIVERY BUSINESS plays a crucial role goods to one another, so trading internationally should certainly be looking to our export
in our industrial functioning and economic to a market outside of Ireland is paramount to markets to generate wealth and improve our
growth. It is essential that all mail and parcels improving or maintaining the standard of living economic well-being.”
are delivered to the right place at the right time. we’ve become accustomed to. It is probably the
Finding a suitable courier service can be most important thing to develop our open EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE
difficult, but the efficiency of each service market and that’s one of the reasons we have Courier services are necessary for any business
provider differs depending to their manpower, opened a new branch in Manchester. We did operation, especially in reducing the amount of
infrastructure, experience and attitude. this because we found that increasingly, a lot of time delivering documents and packages to
John Tuohy, co-founder of Nightline Delivers, our major customers are making their decisions clients and partners. Most of the time, these
the largest courier service in Ireland, believes on their distribution into Ireland from the UK, deliveries are of high importance to the
distance-trading is crucial to our economic but also Irish customers are looking to the UK efficiency of the business procedures so it is
growth. “As a small company with a small as it’s our nearest neighbour and the greatest important to choose courier companies that are
population and an open economy, clearly we consumer of our exports. Basically, the UK reliable and have proven quality service. Aside
won’t progress economically by just selling market is first then they look worldwide – we from being able to deliver your package in the
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