Andy Martin - YRC Logistics EU

We like to find extra ways to add value for our clients, we recently found a great website called www.petrolprices.com that shows the cheapest fuel prices in the area of your choice. We hope that by showing the cheapest fuel within 10 miles of our offices in the UK you will also be able to benefit from cheaper fuel. to find ut the prices within 10 miles of our offices go to www.yrclogistics-rss.info/

Labels: Economy, Fuel

Have you looked at our News Feed? The latest story may be of interest as it is about the fuel protest in London today.

Truckers unite in mass fuel protest

Hundreds of hauliers will try to put more pressure on MPs over record-high fuel prices on Wednesday when they bring lorries to London in a mass protest.
02 July 2008, 08:35:29 www.yrclogistics-rss.info

Labels: Economy, Fuel, Hauliers

I mentioned yesterday that everybody's costs are increasing and one of the most noticeable is fuel! I personally have noticed this and have recently found a website that will help me keep this overhead under control, the site allows users to search for the cheapest petrol in their area quickly and it has the added benefit of allowing you to choose regular e-mail alerts so you are always the first in the area to know when prices change.

I will be calling the company tomorrow to ask if we can use their information on our news feed so that our clients will be able to see the price of fuel within a 25 mile radius of our branches in Southampton, Egham, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow. So watch this space, if http://www.petrolprices.com/ are agreeable, we will be adding the cheapest local fuel prices to http://www.yrclogistics-rss.info/

Labels: Fuel, Petrol Prices

One of our sales team recently made contact with a prospect client. After the initial conversation the response to our request for a meeting was "I do not really care what you can do I am just happy to still have a job".

With 3210 companies forced into liquidation during Q1 2008 which is a 4% increase on 2007, retail sales down & fuel cost increasing, perhaps this is an understandable response. I was pleased that the story ended with us finding a way to interest the prospect that all we required was a little amount of his time so that we could see how we could analyse his supply chain and work together to see how we could help increase his company’s profit. In this time of uncertainty, we need to realise that our clients are not just looking to get their freight from A to B, or for nice to have value added services, they are looking for a partner that will work in collaboration to eliminate unnecessary cost whilst not compromising on service.

Labels: Economy, Fuel, Sales

You can't turn the news on without hearing about the rising cost of Oil and we have all noticed how much petrol at the pump is now costing us. Shipping lines have also been increasing their surcharges to cover the increasing cost of fuel, so when I had a meeting this week with a supplier looking to provide us with a fix term FCL rates including BAF & CAF until January 2009, It makes me wonder how attractive this will be for importers and would be grateful to hear your thoughts and comments?

Labels: Fuel, Oil, Seafreight, Surcharges