Bike couriers are taking their employers to court in a dispute over workers rights, paid holiday and minimum wages. According to the BBC the case could have a “huge impact on the growing number of workers who are being wrongly categorised as self-employed.”. The BBC reported that the couriers are considered “self-employed contractors” despite working…
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In the past few years we have seen how Uber’s clever app based courier software business model has rocked the minicab and taxi business around the world. But with parcel delivery and Sameday courier being so closely related, what could this efficient, low cost model do to the courier industry. Could Uber disrupt the parcel delivery…
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Hilarious April Fools video from Google Express. Once again Google put out a great April fools video to top last year. An excellent spoof on the current delivery technology race for the skies! Check out Googles real Project Wing here…
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The Metafour team recently attended the annual National Courier and Dispatch Association’s 2016 AGM. The event was a great success and is growing year on year. As a partner of the NCDA, Metafour were in attendance to present new software and exclusive offers to NCDA members. Metafour works with the NCDA to help further the…
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Google self-driving delivery vehicle… Is this the next big thing to hit the streets ahead of drone delivery technology? Drone technology has always had a few question marks over it, as we have covered in previous blog posts (See blog post “Is drone delivery the future?”). Strict airspace regulations, privacy concerns, theft and bad weather…
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According to the Department for Transport (DfT), 2015 was a record for UK congestion levels. Major contributors to the high levels of congestion is the delivery industry, fuelled by home delivery and online retail putting more vans on the road. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced on the 12th of February, “The provisional figure of…
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Transparency is key to building customer’s trust, a recent study on the US home delivery market has concluded. It says that retailers need to focus on providing a high degree of transparency if they want to ensure a strong customer experience. Metafour have always agreed with this theory and as a result design software systems…
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At Metafour we understand that by taking the time to choose the right partners, we can offer a superior product and pass on value to our customers. This has proven true in our partnership with Janam. We use Janam XM5 rugged mobile computers as part of our NetCourier Mailroom solution. XM5s have been rolled out…
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TIn today’s world things are changing fast, both socially and politically, and it is important to use all the information we have available to us to try and ensure that our businesses remain relevant and useful in the future. The FTA has produced a report which aims to analyse the short and long term health…
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