Starting Up a Couriers Business - The Boxby Tips for Survival during a Credit Crunch.

The current economic climate is seeing lots of redundancies and pay offs, many people in this situation think about starting up their own business.  The courier industry is usually a favourite business for new start ups. This is because most people have the basic skills set and knowledge to run the day to day activities of a courier business, including;

• good driving skills
• good time management skills
• Being personable, polite and friendly
• good Map reading skills
• good general logistics skills

However, there is more to running a profitable sustainable courier or transport business, than simply being a good van driver, and we want everyone thinking about starting up a courier business to think about all the different aspects of owning and managing their own business.

Over the next few weeks we will be adding a number of pages to this section, with lots of links to relevant information to help you in setting up and running your courier business.

1. Types of Courier Business - What kind of Courier do you want to be?   (added 8/2/2009)

2. Registering your Courier Business (added 11/2/09)

3. Insurance for Couriers  (added 11/2/2009)

4. Van Running Costs - How much does it cost per mile to run a van (added 18/2/2009)

5. Courier Route Planning and Mapping Software  (added 18/2/2009)

6. Managing your Courier Business Expenses  (added 23/2/2009)

7. Buy, Lease or Rent a Van - A comparison guide for anyone looking to finance a new van (added 18/3/2009)

8. Flexible Van Finance for Couriers - Only 28 Days committment  (added 24/3/2009)

And if you are confused or unsure of any of the terminology then use our Couriers Glossary to find out.