
What's the Strangest Thing You have Ever Delivered?
We get asked this question a lot! And, of course we have shipped a few strange items in the past but I always think the question should be 'What's the most interesting thing you have ever shipped?' I started ALC Global in 2003 after having a bad experience with a well known courier service to send some paintings from USA to UK for an exhibition. They arrived late and damaged and this made me think: 'There must be a way to send things from A to B safely and securely'. And ALC
How do I pack my items to send with a courier company?
In my many years working in the courier and freight industry I have been asked literally hundreds of times the best way to pack something in a box so it doesn't get damaged while in transit. While your parcel is in our care we take care of it. We treat it with respect! We even ocassionally re-pack parcels that arrive in our depot if they are not fit for transit. But it is no secret that when a parcel goes into the parcel network and begins its journey to its destination it ca