Pick a vehicle
Rates vary by vehicle size — pick yours to see indicative earnings.
Your minimum rate
The absolute minimum you'll earn at the 60% no-bid floor — the rate every member's guaranteed without bidding. To see what you'd earn at a higher bid, use the calculator below.
Two different floors: short routes hit our minimum job fee (the customer-side floor that triggers a fixed booking value). Whatever the booking pays, your 60% no-bid rate is calculated against it. Actual jobs also vary by area, return-journey work, and route specifics not modelled here.
Why 15% less on booked-ahead jobs?
It's tempting to fixate on the per-mile rate and stop there, but the 15% future discount is the reason the booked-ahead option exists at all — and the rationale matters for couriers as much as customers.
- Customer trades urgency for price. Same dedicated van, same service standard — they've simply chosen not to demand ASAP collection. The 15% is what they pay to give us (and you) breathing room.
- You get advance notice. A booked-ahead job slots into your day instead of yanking you off another run. No 30-minute panic collection, no scramble — you can plan return loads, fuel stops, and breaks around it.
- Without the discount, customers default to ASAP-only. That means more chaotic schedules, more idle gaps in your week, less ability to stack work efficiently. The 15% keeps the planned-work pipeline alive for both sides.
Same job, same vehicle — different economics for the customer, different scheduling reality for you. Worth weighing both when you compare the take-home figure.
What about cancelled jobs?
Every figure in the matrix is for a completed job — collection through to delivery. The matrix doesn't apply to cancellations.
If a run falls over mid-job (customer pulls out, address can't be accessed, goods aren't ready, vehicle issue), it stops being a fixed-fee booking and is handled bespoke — settled on what you actually did: miles driven, time on the job, fuel used, and how far through the run you got before it collapsed.
No two cancellations look the same, which is why we don't try to flatten them onto a matrix. Each one's resolved individually with the office — you'll never be expected to absorb the cost of a customer-side cancellation.
What about waiting, loading & unloading time?
The 15-minute allowance covers all your on-site time at each address — waiting for goods, loading, unloading, paperwork, the lot. Past that, the meter starts.
- First 15 minutes at each address are free — covered by the base booking. Includes loading and unloading.
- Beyond 15 minutes, you earn an extra 45p per minute of additional driver pay (your 60% rate applied to the on-site fee), whether you're waiting or actively loading/unloading. Added to the final job total automatically.
It's not a fortune per minute, but it covers your time fairly when something out of your control delays you — and it deters anyone from leaving you on-site indefinitely.
Estimate any distance
Slide to explore. These figures use only the pricing matrix — real bookings often pay more once area variations and surcharges are factored in.
Driver pay at 60% of booking value.
How our pay model works
60% bid floor
Just register interest in a job and you're locked in at 60% of booking value. Stops the race to the bottom — you never undercut another courier.
Above 60% — you're bidding
Long route, awkward area, time-pressured? Slide above 60% and you're now in bidding territory — your offer competes with other interested couriers on price (alongside tracking, distance, ETA). The slider goes to 100%, though in practice the ~80% range is where accepted bids most commonly land.
Real-world bonuses
Return-journey work, area surcharges, peak-time multipliers — these aren't modelled here, but they all stack on top of what you see.
Read more about how bidding works on the help centre.
Most platforms hide this. We don't.
Every bid you place comes with insight other platforms keep behind the curtain — so you can bid with the full picture.
See who you're up against
Live bid count and an anonymised view of every competing offer — tracking on/off, ETA category, distance, and bid order. Decide if it's worth bidding.
Know your odds, before you commit
Every bid carries a clear status — competitive, moderate, or unlikely — with the reasons behind it: your tracking, distance to pickup, ETA fit, bid timing.
AI coach & performance insights
30-day insights on your win rate, ETA accuracy, and missed jobs near you. The AI coach summarises what's working and where small tweaks could lift your hit rate.
Where these rates land in the market
We're a courier company with our own customers, not an exchange — couriers in the network cover jobs we've already booked with our clients, and we pay you directly. We never price work as a backload. Every job is a dedicated run at the full per-mile rate, every time.
Car
Small Van
Midi Van
Large Van
Extra Large Van
Luton with Tail-Lift
The headline: at the 60% no-bid floor, every Courier Expert vehicle pays more than the industry sub-rate for that vehicle — before you've bid a thing. Compared against the £0.40–£1.35/mi backload reality on the largest UK exchange, the gap widens further at every vehicle tier. At the ~80% typical accepted bid, you're well above sub-rate territory for every vehicle.
About the 15% future-booking discount: exchange platforms price every load through open bidding, so they don't have an “ASAP rate” baseline to discount from. Our 15% is a customer-side incentive specific to our model — the trade-off being predictable, advance-notice work for the courier instead of ASAP scrambles.
Rate confidence: Small Van, Large Van, and XL Van sub-rates are anchored by the published couriers.tv breakdown.1 Hatchback Car, Midi Van, and the Luton tail-lift lean on lighter sources — operator pricing pages3 and owner-driver forum threads45 — where vehicle-specific published rates are scarce. Figures shown are indicative, leaning toward what couriers actually achieve rather than what platforms advertise.
1 couriers.tv Rates Guide — sub-contracted PPM (Small Van ~£0.85; Large Van ~£1.10; XLWB ~£1.15).
2 CX's own blog — How Much Can You Make on Courier Exchange? Backload range £0.40–£1.35/mi platform-wide.
3 Operator pricing pages (24xpress, AMV Couriers, Dispatchit) & couriers.tv/mtvan forum discussion for less-published vehicle classes.
4 TransportForum threads on the state of the courier exchange — falling rates & co-loading, backloads & syndicates, race to the bottom; corroborated by Trustpilot driver reviews.
5 mtvan.com Luton tail-lift threads — working-rate discussion, tail-lift rates; plus TransportForum driver accounts on Luton bid losses at £1.20/mi. Cross-checked May 2026.
Getting paid is in your hands
Self-billing through the driver app — you generate invoices in seconds, we pay you directly. No marketplace middle-man holding your cash.
Set up once, invoice in seconds
Profile setup is a one-off: add your bank details, run the in-app VAT status check, set a separate billing address if your VAT one differs, and accept the self-billing agreement on your first submission. After that, an invoice is three taps — pick the completed jobs, review the summary, submit.
You stay in control of every invoice
Spotted a mistake? Void and re-issue without ringing the office. Need a PDF for your own bookkeeping? Download any invoice from the app. POD missing on a job? The app flags it before submission so the invoice comes back clean first time.
Direct payment, predictable cadence
30-day payment terms from the day you submit. Track every invoice's status — pending, submitted, paid — in-app. Payment runs straight from us to you (Xero on the books our side), no escrow, no third party sitting on your money.
Step-by-step walkthrough on the help centre.
Reviews.co.uk
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customer
I am a new courier but the help offered in explaining how the app has been very informative so far.
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Viv Murray
Great company, perfect for odd backloads and occasional work.
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Paul Warrell
Very professional, clear and precise with what is needed
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WilliamSylvia Anderson
App is very easy to use. Gives up to date information on your bids. Phone call when you win a bid is detailed. Just started my courier journey and am very impressed.
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LukP
Great company, perfect communication, easy to use, very smooth transaction. Thank you
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Ware Russell
No hassle, plenty of work. Decent rates. Work when you want. Highly recommended.
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mayuran kandasamidurai
I was enjoying working with them
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customer
Prompt and fast
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customer
I had a issue about a job i completed but on the app it was stilling showing active great customer service to sort it quickly
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Angel
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JOANNA
From my personal experience as a client, Courier Expert have been wonderful! Very patient and good communication. Highly recommended. Shout out to Andy who has been especially brilliant.
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customer
It's a pleasant experience, but I expected more orders. And regarding the payment, I think 60% is a bit low. And at the end of the day you notice that you're left with almost nothing.
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Kay
Good work when I get jobs
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Satpal
Very good service
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Pierre
I joined Courier Expert after losing 2.500£ on other platforms who say many things but do almost nothing. From the first day I could feel this one is serious. The jobs are real, the payments arrive as they say, and honestly it is a big change to be treated with respect as a driver.
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Terry Williamson
I use a few apps for courier work. Love getting work off these guys. You see the price when you bid, so its not a race to bottom! You get to post your own jobs for free. 30 days payment to boot. Wish CX would take a few pointers of Courier Expert. Keep up the good work!
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MR JOHNSON DOMINI
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Cristian Iordache
Perfect for part-time jobs
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customer
I'm pleased with my collaboration with CE. They're great people and the service is excellent. I hope this collaboration will last a long time. Thank you.
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Mohammad Sadegh Haghshenas
Just started, gear App. lots of opportunities. . almost busy every day.
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Cristi Florescu
Professional
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customer
I have just started deliveries with them and they are giving load off work and very help full
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Ikechukwu
Just joined Courier Expert and already completed 2 jobs in 2 days! Super fast start – excited to keep growing with them. Highly recommend!
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Ben J
Onboarding process clean and straightforward. Having used the app for a couple of weeks now, I feel it was worth the membership. Their rates are reasonable and the team are great. Not enough work to use solely, but great for part time, backloads, and inspiration.
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customer
great platform for free time job
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customer
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Jon Chappell/J C Couriers LTD
Simple and straightforward, just the way it should be
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Andrew Leader
I've now been driving for CE for just under a year... I've found working for CE to be quite enjoyable, the app is very good, I've always been paid on time. The support team are always very helpful.
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Dawod Hanif
I really enjoyed working with your team. You all are very professional, and I had a great experience with communication and coordination throughout the project.
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customer
very easy platform to use, staff members are helpful,on time payments, would recommend this if you want abit of extra money.
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Oxendean Couriers
I use Courier Expert to help start my own courier company. The app is really easy to use. The support is excellent. Couldn’t ask for better
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Sharmaake
Very good platform
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Aimal
Very good company straight forward system.
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radu claudiu
Great experience
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Shaun
I work with Courier Expert as an independent courier and have found them to be very easy to communicate with and the availability of jobs have been all around the country. Jobs are offered on varying vehicle size which helps you decide if you can accommodate the parcels or not. Have had some good work through this site.
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customer
Good communication and good selection of work available
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Ignac Fancsali
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Peter
Great company and easy to use app can’t fault the service.
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customer md Khan
Love this company
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Madalin
Hello! About the Curier Expres is better,is good. Only need change the program...I mean... booked job for next day,not in same day and sort time.
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Ivan
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MBCOURIERUK
Great app with features that make finding work easy. Prompt service from staff.
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Ashley Stocks
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jane harwood
This is the first time using this company. It's well structured and the app is really easy to use. The company tells you what your doing and they confirm the jobs by phone.
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Emma
Everything straight forward have all details ,always have people willing to help if u get stuck
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Igor Tripodi
Took a few days to get my first job but job went smoothly.
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Margarita Diaz
The lifetime fee was paid back on my first job!
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Lewis Cook
Can’t fault this at all, got a call explaining what I needed to do, addresses and details clearly mapped out, instructions given to me regarding names of who is at the other end. A great experience all round for me.
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LJ COURIERS NORFOLK LTD
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Scando Service
My first job I got from Courier Expert, Sam is Very helpful explained everything to me and was happy to answer any questions. Worth a try
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Chris Elshaw
Really good support from the team and good rates
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A.L.B Building Service's
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KE
Quick and easy job allocation, should get even easier now I'm eligible for auto-allocation.
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GHH
Great easy to use app. Customer service was friendly and helpful too. Recommend.
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Delivery driver
Very professional and fast opening account all information and very helpful best app platform
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customer
Still new with the business but I have had a meaningful experience so far
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Dan
I have been doing jobs for courier expert since 2020, they’re a great addition to my workload.
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Abdul
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Andriy Korunov
Everything is excellent.
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joseph onwudiwe
The allocation process is always so smooth. Jobs are regular for car level couriers, and the app is so simple and easy to use. Only reservation I have with the company is there 30 day payment system. Hopefully it will be reviewed in the future to a weekly payment. Overall excellent vibes with the company.
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customer
Great company to work with
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Gibson
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Usman Ali
Its been less than a month with courier expert and im fully impressed by their hard work timely interaction with the driver and support. Highly professionals and supporting team.
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Delivery driver
After trying courier expert, I have to say people and the support is one of the best in the industry, fast and very efficient, payment are as it states and on time. But above all the detailed information provided for each delivery is the best I have seen.
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Raj A
The app is so easy to use and the pay rates for couriers are very fair. Best and most consistent pay I’ve seen. Ideally could do with more work but is a good addition to have alongside other work.
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James
Amazing company to do work with and always communicate with any problems you may have
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customer
Good pay and good job through day
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Aadil Sak
Great easy to use
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Delivery Driver
Great experience to do work with this company, always there to help with anything that I could possibly be stuck on and great with communication!
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Bafana Mkhatshwa
Good communication, which makes my life easier as a driver. And makes all the customers happy at the end of the day. We handle all the customers goods with care, and make sure that the customers receive all their goods in good condition.
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Neptune Courier
Great communication,detailed instructions, friendly helpful staff
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customer
There’s always positive points and negative points in every company but the only issue with courier experts are the lack of consistent jobs over the week etc. overall a good company!
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ANT RECOVERY
Excellent service
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Jelena
Good payment and customer service is lovely.
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S J
I was sceptical at first but this company has provided me with work all over and I’m glad to be a part of it. I would definitely recommend to everyone. Can be a bit frustrating when you drive home after a job with an empty van when they give the job to someone else.
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CaG
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customer
Brilliant platform
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Daniel P
Good jobs. Very helpful instructions over the phone. Prices can be low, but they can be negotiated.
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Zr
Courier expert are easy to work with and easy to contact. All jobs have been straight forward.
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Jacqui
I was really sceptical about how this would be. But honestly it has been really really good. The staff are super polite and helpful and have kept me bust with work. Of course you don't get every job you apply for but there is no need to worry because there is usually PLENTY of other opportunities. I'm really glad I signed up
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DLVR Logistics
I’ve only been with Courier Expert a short time and the experience has been great so far. I got work within a few days and have more jobs booked. An absolute bargain. Communication has been great and the team is always clear with their instructions.
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cristian sarchezi
It’s a really good company to work with. I am very happy for the experience and opportunity that they offer to me.
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Courier
I like the app and for my opinion is great opportunity to make some money. The bad thing is that can not find so many jobs and you can not do as a full time job. Also, they are paying you after 30 days from the time you made the invoice.
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customer
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Tracey James
Jobs are allocated quickly and phone calls followed up promptly. Staff are pleasant and helpful. When contacted with an issue it is dealt with professionally and quickly
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Satwinder
Help line is good and friendly and always willing to help. App is not the best but its easy enough to use. Jobs do stay on there for a while (quoted jobs) but in regards to how it all works overall is good.
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Igor Borsci
Very good apps, I used for long time, payments are always in time, easy to use and clear everything in a app.
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customer
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James ede driver
Good choice of jobs and good communication when they are allocated
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Jason Stewart
Great company to work with. Jobs are priced clearly. App has a good layout and easy to understand.
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R mistry
It's Really great work with courier expert as its easy going and very flexible so I loved it ..
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Courier
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Nick
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Faz
Nice App and type of work once received job. Calm and relaxing.
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Ghita Gabi
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Nigel Stanway
Keeping us informed with updates making the job that much easier
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Umar ali
Great service very nice customer service never had problem and too much helpful
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customer
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Chris Chadwick
I needed a parcel picking up and delivering and im not a business and found courier expert online. It was so easy to set up the job needed and was updated in good time at each development. The parcel was collected and delivered before schedule which was great and would recommend this service.
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Ross McCann
I’ve just employed the services of Courier Expert for the first time. From the viewpoint of customer, I can’t fault them. I had a parcel collected from Taplow and delivered to Portsmouth, at very little notice. Both were executed bang on time and the online portal showed tracking. Highly recommend.
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Carl Wyatt
Some drivers sound bitter to the point of stupidity on these reviews. As a driver myself on CE for 4 years I think it has been excellent. Support staff are first class.
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Mr Harvey Arber
worked with this buisness for a while now i chose to apply for work when i need it and never had any problems payment wise totally recommend for both customers and contractors
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James Lockwood
Despite my initial scepticism, I joined and it seemed like I would never get a job at first, I've now done 7 in less than 2 months. The team are great, as long as you understand what is expected of you, you will make it as a driver.
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Juliana
My collection and delivery worked fine, but the live updates website was always showing wrong information. In the end everything worked fine, but for the price that it is Courier Express should have delivered a stunning job, not an ok job.
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Marshall, Liz
Just brilliant from start to finish! Arranged a pick up and drop off at very short notice and it all worked exactly as I needed. Communication via online chat was amazing. Worth every penny for peace of mind. Would definitely recommend.
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Valw
Delivered a bed ordered from Argos and they were great. Arrived when they said they would, they contacted me up front to tell me exactly when they would be arriving and even rang me for directions when they couldn't find the house. Good job!
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Daniel Garratt
Great fast service at fantastic price. The lady on the phone was very polite and helpful, would recommend and use again!