Expanding your business during a cost of living crises with Twill Freight

Trying to expand your business during a cost of living crises

I was thrust into my business at the start of the pandemic. Losing my job as an International Project Manager for which I had worked as for nearly 15-years was a shock, but it was also an opportunity.

I was selling our old bits and bobs on eBay on the side as a hobby and I enjoyed it; it gave me the goal to start my own website and run my own business full time, but I didn’t have the confidence or courage – leaving a well-paid full time job is a very scary leap, but, when I lost that job and after a couple of weeks of panicking, I took the opportunity to start my own business.

I started off selling nationally, and wanted to grow to sell internationally, especially now we have a cost of living crisis, I want to open up my business to as many countries as possible. Selling internationally is not a straightforward growth; it is important to read the regulations involved in this, i.e. if you are selling to Germany, you now need to comply with the German Packaging Act.

As I want to grow my business, buying stock and importing stock internationally, is something I need to tackle and educate myself on. There is an awful lot to learn, thus as we are considering buying internationally, you need a company like Twill Freight Logistics, who are designed to streamline your logistics operations. And, as I am a small business, I would be an infrequent importer, Twill Freight accepts small business - which is ideal for me. The Twill website is designed to have everything in one place, making the daunting subject of logistics much more streamlined, easier and helpful – allowing me the confidence to start importing, where I can organize the booking, tracking and managing of my shipments in one easy platform.

There are lots of costs when running a business, and selling and buying international, brings more costs, more complications etc., areas like customs clearance logistics, so on and so on…. As I want to concentrate on growing my business, and running myself, using Twills services the ‘Go Global Guide’ this will evidently help.

Why Twill Logistics?:-

They are committed to small and medium sized businesses, the #Twillforgood programme was set up to connect and empower entrepreneur women to international trade. As a result of one of the initiatives, 29 women entrepreneurs from Kenya, Nigeria, India and Mexico were coached. They are a company / partner that want to help you grow, and embrace change and confidence to improve.