Can Outsourcing Your Deliveries Cut Costs?

Have you noticed how much your business costs have risen since the pandemic? Of course you have. However have you really stopped to think is there a more efficient, cost effective way of doing things in all areas of the business? This article is aimed specifically at how you may be able to cut costs by outsourcing your delivery driver job or logistics.

The last budget saw a not insignificant rise in the cost of employing people. These rises may be particularly large in manual labour positions. There was the national insurance rise and you also have the need to keep ahead of the minimum wage in order to retain staff and pay them what they need to stay afloat. These are costs that most businesses are aware of. However, are you aware that the cost of purchasing vehicles has vastly increased too in recent years? Vehicle can cost up to 100% more than they did just five years ago. Crazy! Then you have fuel, insurance, AdBlue which all seem to go one way price wise.

If you have deliveries daily, employing your own staff may still work for you. What if you do not make deliveries all day every day though? How much is each day of delivery actually costing you? Also, what about the administration work involved, what does that cost? These are questions that are worth thinking about. It could be that outsourcing your deliveries/logistics to a third party could be more cost effective and efficient for your business. If you are looking at replacing an old delivery vehicle in the near future, it may well be worth doing some research and calculations first. Alternatively, you may have a member of staff leaving you....do you really want to go through the recruitment process? Maybe there is an opportunity to try a different way!

Our team will be happy to discuss your needs with you. We can supply alternative pricing for you. What do you have to lose by asking a few questions? May be you could actually save a lot of time, effort and money by looking outside for professional help. For further information on how we may be able to assist your business, please contact us. We can make both local and national deliveries, day rates for local deliveries can be negotiated.

One of our courier vans loading at a customers' premises.