What are the top 3 problems facing small/medium businesses? -

These problems will be different in each country and industry... but I m really interested in hearing all sides of the story.

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How can you become a Courier with your own normal car? -

I have a small sedan and am wondering how I could become a courier with my own car.I often see normal looking cars around with COURIER written on the sides in white text and wonder how they become one with little cars.Does this mean that you work the same hours as the Van drivers or go longer distances etc?Can anyone help me out with this?

Sounds like you want to become an independent contractor to a courier company. Not knowing the area you are from I would start by looking at the Yellow Pages under ��Couriers�� and ��Delivery Services�� and call some to see what it would take to get started working for them. I would recommend calling the most well known courier companies in your area first; smaller companies may not have the customer base to give you steady work. Most courier companies prefer the vehicles to be trucks or vans but do keep available smaller cars to handle the smaller packages and runs, especially in congested downtown areas of cities. There is a company in my town that only has small cars. Remember as an independent contractor you are responsible for all expenses of your vehicle; gas, oil, maintenance, insurance etc��. You will also be responsible for your own taxes; the company won��t withhold any taxes. You may also incur uniform rental or purchase cost, cell phone or two-way radio rental or purchase. You will definitely need to have business insurance on your vehicle and cover all your bases on having your vehicle marked with some companies name you aren��t directly employed by. Other words don��t put ��XYZ Courier�� on your vehicle if you insurance doesn��t allow it. Marking your vehicle with a company name opens up some liability issues if you are ever in an accident. There is always that person out there looking to get in to an accident with a company vehicle just for that juicy lawsuit. Will you get any special runs because you have a car, maybe. It��s unlikely that the dispatcher will send a 30 foot box truck to pick up an envelope to be delivered 50 miles away. Hope this helps a little.

you will need to get the car insured fior business use, may have to get a special registration with the PUC