Need an urgent courier service now? First Choice Transportation Ltd has a driver with you within 30 to 45 minutes of booking across London and the Home Counties, 45 minutes to an hour elsewhere in the UK, 24 hours a day. One job per driver, driven direct, from £40 for the first 10 miles plus VAT. Call 020 8202 2008.
Our express courier runs anywhere in mainland UK from Southgate, North London. Every booking is one van and one driver: the driver collects within the hour, heads straight to the delivery address, and makes no other stops on the way.
There is no express surcharge. An urgent courier costs the same as any other job, because every job is already run as a dedicated vehicle.
| Vehicle | First 10 miles | Each mile after | Typical load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or small van (up to SWB) | £40 | £1.25 | Documents, parts, parcels, samples |
| Long wheelbase van | £60 | £1.80 | Replacement stock, equipment, long items |
| Luton van | £60 | £1.80 | Large equipment, pallets, bulk stock |
All prices are plus VAT. Full rate card: courier prices.
Express delivery across the UK works on road time. A van leaving London mid-morning reaches Birmingham in about two hours, Manchester or Leeds in about four, Bristol in about two and a half, Edinburgh or Glasgow in about seven. Tell us the deadline and we confirm it can be met before you book.
For deliveries needed tomorrow rather than today, see next day courier; for runs through the night, overnight courier.
An emergency courier is for the moment something has gone wrong: a production line stopped for want of a part, a contract that will lapse unsigned, a passport left at home, a server down with the replacement drive 200 miles away.
Call 020 8202 2008. Two operators answer 24 hours a day, the job is booked while you are on the line, and the driver is dispatched immediately. Typical emergency loads:
What makes a fast courier service fast is not the van, it is the absence of everything else: no depot, no sorting, no round with other customers’ parcels, no waiting for a slot. Your item goes from your hand to the driver’s to the recipient’s.
The van is GPS tracked the whole way and our operators phone you with updates. On handover the recipient signs, the driver photographs the delivery, and the proof is texted to you.
Within 30 to 45 minutes of booking across London and the Home Counties, and 45 minutes to an hour elsewhere in the UK, 24 hours a day including weekends and bank holidays. Two operators answer 020 8202 2008 around the clock, and the job is booked while you are on the phone.
The same rate as any job, with no urgency surcharge: £40 for the first 10 miles then £1.25 per mile in a car or small van, or £60 then £1.80 per mile in a long wheelbase or Luton van, plus VAT. The rate is the same at 3am as at 3pm.
Nothing in how we run the job: every booking is a dedicated vehicle, collected within the hour and driven direct. People say urgent or emergency when something has gone wrong, express when they want the fastest option, and same day when the deadline is simply today. All three get the same van and driver.
Yes. A van collected in London mid-morning can be in Birmingham by early afternoon and Manchester or Leeds by late afternoon. Tell us the deadline and we confirm whether it can be met before you book. One job per driver means there are no other stops to slow the run down.
Spare parts for a machine or vehicle that has stopped, documents that must be signed today, passports and visas, laboratory samples, replacement stock for a shop or event, forgotten items for a flight or a wedding, and IT equipment for a failed server. If it fits in a van, we can move it now.
Yes. Every vehicle is GPS tracked throughout the job and our operators phone you with updates as the driver collects, travels and delivers. When the item is handed over, the recipient signs, the driver takes a photo, and the proof of delivery is sent to you by text message.
First Choice Transportation Ltd is a registered UK company (No. 15276847) based in Southgate, North London, founded by Allam, who has 15 years’ experience in courier and private hire work, with 30 drivers across the UK.
Across London and the Home Counties; 45 minutes to an hour elsewhere in the UK, 24 hours a day.
The same per-mile rate at 3am as at 3pm, plus VAT.
Straight from collection to delivery, GPS tracked, with operator updates.
Signature and photo on handover, texted to you.
