Same Day Courier Service across the UK, direct
A dedicated driver collects within 30 to 60 minutes in London, or 1 to 1½ hours from our drivers across England, and drives straight to the destination. No hubs, no transfers, from £40 + VAT.
How a same day courier differs from a network
A parcel network collects today, sorts your item through one or two depots overnight and delivers tomorrow, or the day after to Scotland and Northern Ireland. A same day courier does none of that. One driver collects your consignment, it goes into one vehicle, and that vehicle drives to the delivery address. Nothing is sorted, cross-docked or left on a shelf.
That is why we can give you a price and a delivery time before you book: the time is the driving time, plus the time it takes the nearest driver to reach you. In London that is 30 minutes to an hour; elsewhere in England, 1 to 1½ hours from our local drivers in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Leicester and Bath. Where we have no driver nearby, we quote the collection time with the price.
Typical transit times from London
Birmingham 2½–3 hours · Bristol 2½–3 hours · Cardiff 3–3½ hours · Leeds 4–4½ hours · Manchester 4–4½ hours · Glasgow and Edinburgh 7½–8½ hours · Belfast 10–12 hours including the ferry. All after collection, by dedicated van, door to door.
Times are typical and traffic dependent: allow 45 to 90 minutes extra to leave central London at peak times. Scotland, Belfast and Europe run with a two-driver crew so the van does not stop overnight under driver-hours rules. Northern Ireland and Europe assume customs paperwork is ready; we can arrange it for you as a paid extra.
The right vehicle, priced by the mile
A car or small van is £40 + VAT for the first 10 miles then £1.30 a mile; a medium or large van is £60 then £1.70 a mile; a tail-lift Luton £60 then £1.80 a mile. The same rates apply at night, at weekends and on bank holidays, with no fuel surcharge and no ULEZ charge. The Congestion Charge and tolls are passed on at cost on one-off jobs.
The first 20 minutes at collection and at delivery are free; after that waiting is charged by the minute. Any single item over 25 kg needs a two-person crew, or a second person at each end, which we price with the job.
What we carry, and what we do not
Documents, passports and court bundles; parcels, boxed stock and spare parts; IT equipment; pathology samples and pharmacy orders with our trained medical drivers; exhibition kit; pallets and bulky items up to a tail-lift Luton. Anything larger goes through our licensed haulage partners.
We do not do house moves or man-and-van work, and we do not carry passengers, pets or livestock.
Vehicles for same day courier
The vehicles most often booked for this service, with their starting prices.
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Car
Ideal for documents, passports, medical samples and small parcels that need to go now.
from £40 £40 for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 a mile
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Small van (SWB)
Ideal for boxed stock, spare parts, IT equipment and loads up to 869 kg.
from £40 £40 for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 a mile
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Medium van (MWB)
Ideal for larger parcels, exhibition kit and mixed loads between a small and a large van.
from £60 £60 for the first 10 miles, then £1.70 a mile
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Large van (LWB / XLWB)
Ideal for pallets, long lengths, bulky items and loads up to 1,192 kg.
from £60 £60 for the first 10 miles, then £1.70 a mile
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All prices exclude VAT. Same rates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no out-of-hours, weekend or fuel surcharge. Congestion Charge and tolls are passed on at cost on one-off jobs.
Questions about same day courier
How late can I book a same day courier?
Any time. We run 24 hours a day, so a job booked at 9pm is collected at 9pm and delivered overnight at the same rate as daytime. The only limit is driving time: a London to Glasgow run booked at 4pm arrives in the early hours.
Is the price fixed once I book?
Yes, for the job as booked: the vehicle, the collection and delivery addresses and any stops. Waiting beyond 20 free minutes at each end, an extra stop added later, or the Congestion Charge and tolls on one-off jobs are added at the published rates or at cost.
Can I track my delivery?
Yes. You can follow the driver live from collection to delivery, and we send proof of delivery with the name of the person who signed when the goods are handed over.
Can you collect from one place and deliver to two?
Yes. Add the extra stop when you book and we price the whole journey on the total mileage. For regular runs with several drops, see our multi-drop routes service.
Do you cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Yes, by dedicated van from London or from our nearest driver, with a two-driver crew for long runs. We do not yet have drivers based there, so we quote the collection time with the price rather than promising an hour.
Other courier services
- Urgent CourierDriver dispatched immediately, 24/7, no emergency surcharge.
- Next Day DeliveryBooked today, delivered tomorrow, timed or AM.
- Dedicated Vehicle CourierExclusive use of the vehicle, no shared loads.
- Medical CourierPathology samples, pharmacy and blood products, trained drivers.
- Document CourierContracts, court bundles, passports, signed for.
- Pallet DeliveryOne to six pallets, direct, tail-lift available.
- Multi-Drop RoutesRegular rounds with several drops, one price per route.