First Choice Transportation Ltd is a courier service covering the whole of the UK from Southgate, North London: one dedicated van and one driver per job, collected within 30 to 45 minutes across London and the Home Counties and within the hour elsewhere, 24 hours a day. From £40 for the first 10 miles plus VAT. Call 020 8202 2008.
Most courier companies in the UK are one of two things: a parcel network that moves your box through depots with thousands of others, or a same day firm that sends one van to do one job. First Choice Transportation is the second kind.
Every booking gets a dedicated vehicle. The driver collects from your address, checks the load, drives direct to the delivery address and hands over with a signature and a photo. The van is GPS tracked throughout and two operators are on the phone around the clock.
| Vehicle | First 10 miles | Each mile after | Typical load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or small van (up to SWB) | £40 | £1.25 | Documents, parcels, boxes |
| Long wheelbase van | £60 | £1.80 | Furniture, several pallets, long items |
| Luton van | £60 | £1.80 | Large furniture, bulk boxes, pallets |
| HGV | Quoted per job | Loads beyond a Luton van | |
All prices are plus VAT, measured from collection to delivery. Full rate card: courier prices.
Our nationwide courier services run to and from any mainland UK address and Northern Ireland, with 30 drivers across the UK and two operators on the phones around the clock. Collection times from booking:
The services on offer are the same wherever the job starts: same day courier, next day courier, overnight courier, urgent courier service, large item courier, furniture courier and last mile delivery.
Courier collection and delivery is door to door with the same driver at both ends. At collection the driver checks labels, quantities and the condition of the goods before accepting them, then loads and secures the vehicle. At delivery the recipient signs, the driver photographs the handover, and the proof of delivery is texted to you.
The driver helps carry items between the door and the van at both ends. For heavy pieces, someone at each end takes the other end; see large item courier.
For a local courier service around our base, the driver is with you within 30 to 45 minutes of booking across North London, the rest of London and the Home Counties. Short jobs are charged the flat first-10-miles rate: £40 in a car or small van, £60 in a long wheelbase or Luton van, plus VAT, however short the run.
Our London page covers the capital in detail: courier service London.
A door to door courier means exactly that: no drop-off points, no parcel shops, no depot. The van comes to your door, the goods travel alone, and the same van arrives at the recipient’s door. Private customers use it for furniture and valuable items; businesses use it for stock, parts, samples and documents that cannot go through a network.
City and county pages, each with road miles and drive time from London, the worked price for the run and collection times for that area:
Also: courier to Scotland, courier to Wales, courier to Northern Ireland, and European courier for the continent.
Yes. First Choice Transportation collects and delivers anywhere in mainland UK and Northern Ireland from its base in Southgate, North London. Across London and the Home Counties the driver is with you within 30 to 45 minutes of booking; everywhere else, 45 minutes to an hour. Every job is one dedicated van and one driver.
By vehicle and road miles from collection to delivery: £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. London to Manchester is about £277.50 in a small van. You get the exact price before you book.
Yes. We collect from any mainland UK address, not only from London. A job can start in Birmingham and end in Bristol without ever coming near Southgate. Collections outside London and the Home Counties take 45 minutes to an hour from booking, sometimes faster. Call 020 8202 2008 with the two postcodes.
A dedicated van, always. Your goods are the only load in the vehicle, the driver goes straight from collection to delivery with no depot or transfer, and the same driver hands over at the other end. That is what makes same day delivery across the UK possible, and what parcel networks cannot do.
Every vehicle is GPS tracked throughout the job, and our two operators, on the phones 24 hours a day, call you with updates as the driver collects, travels and delivers. On handover the recipient signs, the driver takes a photo, and the proof of delivery is sent to you by text message.
Call 020 8202 2008 or message WhatsApp 07507 612919 with the collection postcode, the delivery postcode, what you are sending with rough size and weight, and when it is ready. We reply with the mileage, the vehicle and the price, and the job is booked the moment you say yes.
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.
30 to 45 minutes across London and the Home Counties; 45 minutes to an hour anywhere else in the UK.
Your goods travel alone, straight from collection to delivery, GPS tracked.
£40 for the first 10 miles then £1.25 a mile; larger vans £60 then £1.80, plus VAT. Same rate 24/7.
Signature and photo on handover, texted to you.
