130Very big hi to all on mtvan, this is my first time on any such website so please be patient as i try and introduce myself. My name is Andy and i try and run a courier company based in northamptonshire , i pride myself on the fact once i say i'll cover work then my customers or other third parties know its as good as delivered before its even been collected. I thought i'd look on mtvan as i didn't want to try the big yellow site that everyone seems to be on as i prefer the close knit community of a slightly smaller but never the less important site as this.
as i sit here typing this message i wonder when or if major players in the courier industry will ever wake up that they are always trying to rip off smaller owner drivers just because they have the work,with fuel now increasing yet again and insurance premiums almost doubling since i started out in this game, as the end of the chain and the people who see the end customer why don't we get paid a slightly bigger slice of the money cake.We can all run cheaper if we don't have the correct insurance but who'll be the first to moan if it all went wrong ( that's right the fat cats who keep our rates so low in the first place ) can anyone out there shed some light on how to run cheap and still be able to survive with out driving yourself into an early grave,i bumped into a O/D the other day who was working for a large company 6am to 2pm and then again 7pm to 3.30 am and he looked ready to drop?