The rise in the sales has been seen due to the increase in online buying
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Internet now-a-days has driven businesses of all sorts – retailing especially – to new heights and consequently, boosting the annual sales of commercial and public vehicles to the highest ever total.
What are the new figures?
Internet is the sole reason for this drastic change in buying patterns, it has fuelled up the growth in courier industry which leads to delivering the products bought by the consumers to their doorsteps, which ultimately urges the need of commercial courier vans.
According to the data presented by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, in 2015, about 371,830 commercial vans were sold in the UK, with a rise of 15.6 per cent on 2014. Right before the 2007’s financial crisis, there were 337,741 vehicles sold in the UK, making the sales of 2015 the highest of all times.
What courier companies are doing?
The established giants, like DHL, in the courier delivery industry are employing owner-operator van drivers to cope up with the ever increasing demand.
Ebay and Amazon are the biggest online vendors and the data from the British Retail Consortium shows that the number of online consumers is increasingly on an unprecedented pace, like in every £5 spent on non-food items, online shopping is responsible for more than £1.
Will the sales continue to soar?
With a 16.7 per cent increase in sales of trucks and vans from 2014, the number climbed to 423,894 in 2015 and according to Mr Hawes from National Courier & Despatch Association “this is excellent news for the commercial vehicle industry, and indeed the economy.
Commercial vehicle demand is a key barometer of UK economic confidence and the market’s strong growth in 2015 was particularly encouraging.”