At Smart Directions, our mission is to keep businesses moving, wherever they are in the world, especially when we are your logistics partner. Everything in our economy is dependent on a reliable global support chain, which extends to transport routes on land, air and in the sea. When a cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Read More
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again…the impact of the Chinese New Year on the global supply chain is the force of nature that causes absolute chaos. But, with the current issues in the Red Sea preventing speedy shipping, will we notice much of a difference in 2024? We cannot contain ourselves! The Read More
It’s time to get busy thinking about your logistics solutions! Congratulations if, earlier this year or over the summer, you decided to take the plunge and set up shop. Whether it’s online or you actually have a physical premises, there’s so much to do and such little time. Most people will have you thinking about Read More
…Holidays, that is. (We definitely don’t fancy a nostalgic lunch break trip to branch!) The month of May has been full of long weekends thanks to May Day, the King’s Coronation and Springtime (we’re still not sure about that one, feels like a hat-trick for the sake of it) Figures released by the BBC suggest Read More
Marco? Polo? Do you know where the word “quarantine” comes from? You might be surprised to learn that it actually comes from the Venetians. If you’re not surprised, read on anyway. No one likes a teacher’s pet. In the 1400s, whilst grappling with the bubonic plague, the Venetians had the brilliant idea of isolating incoming Read More
