Monthly Archives: January 2015

The Funny Side of Trading

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We thought that we’d write a funny kind of blog that talks about trading and what it means, in general we all think about the classic English sitcom ‘Only Fools and Horses’ by the late David Sullivan, and starring the lovable rogues in ‘Delboy and Rodney’.

When we think about the Trotters, what springs to mind? The yellow 3 wheeled van, Delboy falling through the bar top or even when Rodney got a red face after the tanning machine! But both characters are and were based on real life London and the street markets, and the traders fighting to make a pound or two.

Buying products at low cost and selling at low cost is still a major part of business trading not only in the UK, but worldwide. The UK is more about market stalls, selling groceries, clothes, flowers and even sweet treats bought from wholesalers and manufacturers. The similar kind of trading happens in the USA as well, with flea markets all the rage. On a larger scale to the UK with anything from clothes, bags, shoes and even electricals sold from traders to the general public.

Truth is that Lord Alan Sugar started from a market stall, and Delboy might be a fictional character but the idea is very true to life in the world of wheelers and dealers, the aim really is all about sell, sell, sell to make profit and money for your family or business and the same goes for the trading team at Bird Trading.

How Products get on Shops Shelves

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Trading online and trading off-line comes in different variations, from the likes of Asda selling their groceries to the general public to the small independent shops that may sell meat or simply one off gifts. But how does all the goods arrive in store to be sold? Simple answer is either by car, van, truck, railway or even plane.

Delivery drivers across the UK pickup their deliveries and take them to the destination, haulage companies are most used for the shear size of their vehicles and how many pallets they can carry at any one time, some even have a forklift attached the back of their long articulated lorry. Whereas smaller courier firms will still deliver there deliveries on a small time basis. Some smaller firms even deliver across the UK, or smaller areas such as county by county, town by town.

The actual network of commercial vehicles delivering foods, drinks and other products are actually massive. Lets take bananas for example, bananas get picked by hand abroad and then packaged up in boxes and shipped to the UK in huge containers every week. When they arrive in the UK they usually get checked and then delivered in huge Arctic lorries to the large supermarkets and smaller independents. Getting to the larger premises is easy, as they have the space to deliver, but when it comes smaller deliveries it comes down to the ‘man in a van’ delivering to small towns and tiny villages ready for the empty shelves.

With commercial vehicles centres across the UK, selling small vehicles, there seem to be loads of vans for sale and sell generally to the smaller businesses in need of a vehicle. Having various vans that are reasonably priced from £1000 to £7000 make it perfect for the small business to afford, and the courier companies to be able to buy a cheap van to use within their company. The complete system is complete and ever turning around, from delivering to premises, to having products on the shelves of every shop or supermarket.