Christmas & New Year Operating Times 2018

Father Christmas isn’t the only one busy with deliveries at this time of year! Our team at Deadline will be doing all we can to make sure your parcels reach your customers in time for the big day! So that you can make sure you organise your collections to ensure your customers receive their goods,...

New tracking services for parcel deliveries

We’re pleased to announce that, through our membership of the UK’s largest independent delivery network, APC Overnight, we can offer a new tracking service, APC PinPoint. This facility lets a customer who is expecting a delivery view a map to show the delivery driver's current stop and how close the driver is to the delivery...

Sending a parcel delivery for Easter 2018

Sending a parcel delivery for Easter 2018 Easter falls early this year – so here’s our handy guide to the dates you’ll need, so you know what to eggs-pect! If you’re planning deliveries to your customers or sending gifts to friends or relatives, you’ll need to plan when to send your parcels to make sure...

Delivered with love – sending a parcel for Valentine’s Day

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching on Wednesday 14th February, it’s time to start thinking about a gift for that special person! If your true love lives elsewhere, you might be thinking about parcel delivery for your Valentine’s gift. Valentine’s Day, or Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine as it is also known,...

Christmas & New Year Operating Times 2017

It’s the busiest time of the year for delivering parcels – whether you’re Father Christmas or a driver at Deadline Distribution! So that you can make sure you organise your collections to ensure your customers receive their goods, here are our operating hours and important dates for the festive season: Monday 18th December – last...

Delivering for The Cheese Shed – case study

The Cheese Shed, based in Bovey Tracey, South Devon, sells handmade cheese from small dairies in the West Country, through its online mail order business. The delicious array of products includes cheese gift boxes and hampers, cheese celebration cakes and some amazing cheese wedding cakes. These delectable products appeal to cheese connoisseurs and enthusiasts, as...

5 top tips for perfect parcel packaging

Packaging matters. Particularly if you run a business and send parcels to your customers, you will know it’s important to put some thought into how to package your items. It’s worth investing some time and resources into doing all that you can to ensure the goods arrive safely at their destination, without damage to the...

Delivering Delicious Devon Hampers – Purely Devon Hampers Case Study

Delivering Delicious Devon Hampers - Purely Devon Hampers case study Purely Devon Hampers sells a fabulous range of exquisite gift hampers for occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, as corporate gifts or as a ‘thank you’. As the name suggests, the hampers contain only the finest, authentic Devon produce including jam, wine, chocolates, cheese...

Delivering when it matters – My Pets Ashes case study

My Pets Ashes Case Study - Delivering when it matters About My Pets Ashes My Pets Ashes is an online business offering a range of products, as well as help and advice for owners deciding what to do with a pet’s cremation ashes. They can advise on the practicalities and legalities of scattering a pet’s...