Extra special parcel delivery service

Some parcel delivery companies really go the extra mile to make their customers happy. This is one of them.

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Truckers bring smiles to disadvantaged children

For 25 years since 1986, many truckers around Norwich have participated in the annual trucking convoy to bring smiles to the faces of disadvantaged children.

The 25th East Coast Truckers children charity convoy saw 101 lorries set out from County Hall, Norwich to Great Yarmouth seafront. In each lorry cab was a disadvantaged child enjoying the journey of their lives. 

East Coat Truckers have been bringing smiles to disadvantaged children for 25 years

Leading the convoy in truck number one was Glenn Johnson, who came up with the idea of the charity ride 25 years ago and has led every convoy since.

Mr. Johnson, from Fressingfield, said: "The last 25 years have been a real pleasure and a great testimony to everyone that has taken part."

The East Coast Truckers became a charity in 2000 and has raised £350,000 for good causes over the last decade as well as the charity children's convoy.

How to drift like a Japanese trucker

If you ever watched "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift", you know how good the Japanese are at drifting.

This time, they show us how to drift like a Japanese trucker.

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Shiply Ranks In Top 10 of UK's Hottest 100 Startups

The Shiply office has been buzzing as we received news of our top 10 position in the list of the UK's Top 100 Startups. The list is comprised of whole host of companies that have found new and innovative ways to do business and engage with their customers. Sitting pretty at number nine, Shiply has seen off fierce competition from astounding companies such as Zoopla, SeatWave and yes, even, Reggae Reggae Sauce.


Startups.co.uk also explained why they felt we were deserving of such a high ranking:


"The result is a reduction in CO2, cheaper delivery options for customers, and more profitable delivery routes for transport companies. Shiply’s commission-based revenue model has seen company turnover enjoy a 10-20% monthly growth rate over the past year, and Robert has bagged a whole trophy cabinet’s worth of awards along the way."


We'd like to thank Startups for the recognition, which sits very nicely next to our win of Startups green start up of the year 2009. Thanks to all involved.

100km Long Traffic Jam in Beijing

Since August 14 truck drivers and everyday road users in Beijing have been subject to a traffic jam stretching 100km long. Now in its ninth day, the standstill on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway has left frustrated deadlocked truck & delivery drivers in their daily transport of goods in and out of the capital. The traffic jam has arisen as a result of continued roadworks that are not expected to be completed until late September.

The vast increase in trucks, which reached a daily peak of 17,000, have contributed to the jam and run the risk of affecting the road safety of local drivers. Niu Fengrui, director of the Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences told said: "If there's no traffic jam in the city, that would be news.

However, the standstill has not put a dampener on everyone's spirits; one local joked: "concerts should be held at each congested area every weekend, to alleviate drivers' homesickness". Many drivers stuck in the traffic jam have used their now considerable free time to play chess or cards, whilst local entrepreneurial vendors have seized the opportunity to sell tired drivers noodles and drinks.

This is why mum always told you to look both ways!

Going the wrong way no matter what you're driving is never a good idea...

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53 years for a postcard to be delivered

A postcard sent from Durban, South Africa in 1957 has finally reached its destination in Dorset after 53 years.

Staff at Monkton Wyld Court education centre, near Bridport, are trying to find out the postcard intended recipient, "J.C. Belsey".

Since 53 years have past, the addressee may have been a student, teacher or staff member of the then mixed boarding school housing 36 students.

 

The postcard which took 53 years to be delivered

The postcard, which appears to be sent from Belsey's grandparents, refers to a trip to Durban, saying: "It has rained a bit today but is staying hot even so."

A Royal Mail spokesperson said: "It is extremely unlikely that this item of mail was in our system at this time. It is difficult to speculate what may have happened, but almost certainly it was put back in a post box very recently, as we regularly check all our sorting offices and machines are cleared."

It is hoped that some former pupils will be able to shed light on the postcard's recipient at the boarding school reunion in May 2011.

Tea delivery man saves pensioner's life with marshmallows

Lee Craggs, 24, a delivery man working for Ringtons Tea of Sunderland, saved the life of a pensioner who collapsed in her house in Gateshead.

Mr. Craggs, a trained first aider, found Rosemary Falloon, 84, who has diabetes, on the floor of her home and called an ambulance.

He also fed her chocolate covered marshmallows from his basket which helped bring her sugar levels back to normal.

Chocolate covered marshmallows helped save Mrs Fallon

He said: "The paramedics were looking for some biscuits. We couldn't see where she kept them so I went to the van and got a box of marshmallows, something sweet, thankfully, that brought her round."

Mrs Fallon said his quick action saved her life: "I can't thank Lee enough for what he did for me. I might not have been here today if it hadn't been for him. He had the sense to the phone straight away, he had the sense to switch the iron off which was still hot and he had the sense to put me in the recovery position."

Waitrose's home delivery service trials eco-friendly vehicles

After a six month successful trial, five of Waitrose's home delivery vans - Mercedes Sprinters will be powered with liquid biomethane (LBM), a methane-based renewable fuel produced from landfill gas. It is created by extracting naturally occurring methane from organic waste in landfill sites and converting it to a high quality, clean fuel.

Waitrose's eco-friendly delivery vans run on renewable fuel

These eco-friendly transport vans, which run at a 62 per cent lower CO2 emissions compared with diesel, will deliver food to homes in Central London.

Ray Collington, Fleet Engineer at Waitrose, said: “The John Lewis Partnership is committed to reducing its carbon footprint and to using, where possible, locally sourced materials. Gasrec’s Liquid Biomethane gives us a high-performance vehicle, using local sustainable fuel that will reduce our CO² emissions. It is a real viable alternative to diesel for us.”

DHL can send almost anything...

...to just about anywhere.

Another brilliant TV Ad from DHL.

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