Same-day courier and delivery
When it has to be there today. Same-day transport on a dedicated van: we collect your consignment and drive straight to the destination with nothing else on board.
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Get a price for same-day courier
- We reply within 5 minutes, day or night
- Booked and a driver allocated within 15 minutes
- We call to confirm before anything is booked
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What a same-day courier actually does differently
A same-day courier puts your consignment in a van on its own and drives it straight to the destination. There is no depot, no sorting hub, no overnight trailer and no other customer's freight sharing the space. One driver takes it from collection to delivery.
That is what you are paying for. A parcel network is cheaper because your item shares a van with thousands of others, and the trade-off is that it passes through several pairs of hands and at least one building. For anything genuinely time-critical, fragile or awkward, direct is the difference.
It also means there is one person who knows where your delivery is, and you can speak to them. That tends to matter more at four in the afternoon than any tracking page does.
What we move same-day
Machine parts that have stopped a production line. Documents with a court or completion deadline. Samples between labs and sites. Replacement stock for a shop that has sold out. Equipment for an event that starts tomorrow. Anything where the cost of it not arriving is larger than the cost of the van.
Size is rarely the problem. We run everything from a car for documents up to a Luton van with a tail lift, and for anything bigger, call us and we will arrange it. Tell us the dimensions and weight and we will put the right vehicle on it.
What is included
- A dedicated vehicle carrying nothing but your consignment
- Direct collection to delivery, with no depots in between
- The right vehicle for the load, from a small van to an extra large with a tail lift
- Bookings taken any hour, including overnight and early morning
- Photo proof of delivery and a signature, sent to your phone
- The driver's details, so you can speak to the person carrying it
- Goods in transit cover while it is with us
- Collections from businesses, sites, labs, shops and homes
How the price is worked out
Each vehicle has a base price and a rate per mile, and you pay whichever is higher, on the one-way distance. Same-day and urgent jobs add a fixed charge on top, which we confirm when we call.
Give us both postcodes, the dimensions, the weight and when it needs to be there. That is enough to price almost any job on the spot. The quote form on this page gives you a price in seconds, and we confirm it on the call before anything is booked.
Tolls, congestion and clean-air charges are added where they apply, and we will tell you if they do. Prices on the quote form are shown before VAT and as a total including VAT at 20%.
How it works
- 1
Send the details
Two postcodes, what it is, how big, and when it needs to arrive. Phone, WhatsApp or the quote form.
- 2
We confirm price and time
A firm price and a collection time before anything moves. No surprises later.
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Straight there
One van, one driver, no other drops. Photo and signature to your phone on arrival.
Serving Luton, Milton Keynes, London, St Albans, Watford, Hemel Hempstead and 22 more towns — and everywhere else in the UK for delivery. Not listed? Ask anyway.
Common questions
How quickly can you do a same-day collection?
We reply within 5 minutes, day or night, and book the job and allocate a driver within 15 minutes. Most urgent collections happen within 45 minutes. For Northern Ireland and the islands, we confirm the time once we have checked availability.
What does same-day delivery cost?
It is based on the distance and the size of vehicle needed. Give us the two postcodes and what you are sending and we will price it.
Is my delivery on its own in the van?
Yes. A same-day job goes on a dedicated van with no other drops, which is why it arrives when it does.
How do I know it arrived?
The driver sends a photo and a signature straight to your phone when it is delivered.
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We reply within 5 minutes, day or night, and call to confirm before anything is booked.