NI Up. Tariffs Up. Wake Up!

While the world reels in the wake of Trump’s Terrible Tariffs (TTT), here at home we’re dealing with a notable rise in Employer’s National Insurance (NI) contributions. It will take a little time for the impact of TTT to be felt (other than in stock markets), but the NI rise is upon us right now and means that all companies that employ a significant number of staff face increased NI costs as of today - costs that will directly impact their bottom lines. In the current economic climate it's difficult to see how such costs can easily be absorbed; there is precious little leeway to increase prices, so it’s a tough outlook for everyone … with the possible exception of the smarter freight transport operators!  Here's why. 

A freight transport operator can mitigate the costs of increased NI relatively easily by employing a leading edge Transport Management System (TMS) with built-in state-of-the-art routing and scheduling to increase the efficiency of their operations to the highest degree. If you don't believe that would make a major difference to your own bottom line, just consider the case of Aldi in Portugal who made savings of 23% when they introduced such a TMS. Operational savings in the order of 23% on your total transport cost would not only offset the NI increase but also provide additional bottom line benefits that we’re sure you’ll welcome in such dark times. So, cock a snook at NI and TTT with a decent TMS!

The clincher is that a modern Software as a Service (SaaS) TMS such as CarrierNet can deliver those savings without major upfront expenditure. Please contact Bashir Khan here and he’ll show you it in action.

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