Ms Lancaster: Mining Boom and Perth-Based Entrepreneur

ms lancaster: We were having a cup of tea and he was trying to work out how he could possibly get more work for his trucks following the downturn in the mining boom, Ms Lancaster said, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Eighteen months later, the Perth-based entrepreneur and her friend David Blomeley had set up Instatruck, an on-demand transport service that matches customers wanting goods delivered with owner-operator truck drivers. ABC News Emily Piesse Map Perth 6000 It was a chance conversation with a family friend that sparked Siobhan Lancaster lightbulb moment. Since July, the company 90 drivers have performed more than 900 trips, moving everything from generators and portaloos to televisions around Perth. The actual match happens really quickly, Ms Lancaster said. Once customers have placed their orders online through Instatruck website or smartphone app they are assigned a truck or ute, depending on the dimensions of the goods they need delivered. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.