Effectively managing seasonality is an issue that affects businesses up and down the country– but there are ways to prepare your firm for the peaks and troughs that come with different times of the year.

Whether you’re an e-commerce business, mail order company, pure play retailer, or your firm simply ships large amounts of packets and parcels, ensuring your items reach their destination with the minimum of fuss is paramount.

You might not realise it, but the charity sector isn’t in a great state right now. In fact, according to research published by the Charities Aid Foundation last year, one in six charities might have to cease their operations this year. However, it needn’t all be doom and gloom. Here at TNT Post, we’re the leading providers of door drops for the charity sector, and if some research that we’ve recently carried out is anything to go by, then the people of Britain are still willing to give.

Employment in South West London was boosted recently with the creation of 500 new jobs here at TNT Post. Created as part of our expansion of end-to-end delivery services, the majority of our new posties – many of whom have been unemployed for lengthy periods – hail from the local areas of Hammersmith & Fulham, Wandsworth, Merton and Lambeth.

If you send international mail why not try our pre-sorted international service - it's the route to take when sending your business’ letters, flats and packets.

Ideal for UK organisations sending medium to high volumes of international mail through overseas postal networks, our service gives you complete peace of mind that items will arrive safe and sound.

Action Now is TNT Post's new digital mechanism that offers quick and straightforward payments or donations. Consumers can engage with a brand by simply “Scanning, Viewing and Paying” from a QR code or short URL which can be placed on any piece of marketing material. Action Now enables retailers to engage with consumers through a new digital mechanism which encourages a direct response from consumers whilst they remain ‘on the go’.

A year ago today, 18th April 2012, we made UK history. For the first time in 377 years London had another delivery force on the streets delivering mail. This time last year 350 TNT Posties took to the streets bringing postal variety and an efficient, quality mail delivery service. Since the beginning of the End-to-end trial we have delivered 16 million letters. We now have 6 delivery units and over 600 Posties. This month we delivered our first 600,000 mail items in one week and we looking forward to reaching the 1 million items delivered a week shortly.

While the primary use of sampling will always be getting potential customers to try your product, it also presents a unique way to engage with consumers. 

Depending on the type of information you’re after, the process can provide feedback based on your product itself or on consumer habits.

The growth of the online retail market has exploded in recent years.

So much so, that by 2016, it’s estimated that online sales will count for 23% of all retail, and deliveries will cost businesses £6.2bn by the end of the same decade – which is why it pays to get your delivery solutions sorted NOW!

This week has been the National Apprenticeship week and TNT Post is delighted to announce that we are providing existing and prospective employees the opportunity to join TNT Post's apprenticeship scheme.

The Level 3 apprenticeship scheme has been designed to develop effective senior managers, this scheme will last two years. The programme focuses on substantial, sustained training in general management, thereby enabling skills transferability across a broad range of industries and organisations, future-proofing the expertise of individuals for the long term.