Courier Management Franchise

Within ten years of opening in Australia, Fastway Couriers became the country’s largest parcel carrier, leaving its better known global competitors in the shade.

Since February 2004 the Fastway success story has been building in the UK and with over 300 franchisees, Fastway Couriers is already one of the UK’s top 10 franchise organisations and the Australian success story is being emulated here in the UK.

You can now own a piece of Fastway Couriers by purchasing one of our UK Regional Franchises. A management franchise for business people, the Fastway Regional Franchisee recruits a team of Courier Management Franchisees and trains them in the unique Fastway method. You then act as their business coach to assist them in developing their courier management franchises and in the process develop your own business.

Fastway Regional Franchisees are provided with comprehensive training in the Fastway system and specialist ongoing support to help establish and develop their business.


Consider the benefits:

• Perpetual franchise agreement
• 2 day monthly support visit by franchisor
• Exclusive territory
• 5 day working week
• Low capital requirement from £100k
• Arrangements with major banks to help facilitate finance

• Berkshire
• Dorset
• Edinburgh
• Guildford
• Kent
• Stoke & Cheshire

Regional Franchisees

Ed James – Northumberland Tyne & Wear

Ed was one of the country’s first Regional Franchisees and established the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear region in November 2003. Their courier management franchise has developed consistently over the past four years but is now experiencing even more dramatic growth as the Fastway network expands. Currently 16 couriers operate within the region. As a result of growth, courier management franchisees are now sub dividing their territories by selling part of their exclusive area (a process we call splitting) for a capital gain to enable them to cope with the demand for their services.

Parcel movements have more than doubled each year and this year the Regional Franchise it is on target to see almost 0.5 million parcel movements through the Blaydon depot. Ed’s business now has a turnover in excess of £1.2 million per annum, and is about to chalk up its 1000th customer.

In September 2007 Ed won the accolade of Fastway Couriers first ever UK Regional Franchisee of the Year, a honour that also earned him and his wife a two week holiday in Australia and the opportunity to visit the largest Fastway Regional Franchises in the world.

Amit Desai – West Yorkshire

Franchising provided Amit Desai the chance to become his own boss, with the franchisor safety net of the tried and tested Fastway system that is successfully being used by over 1500 franchisees around the world.

Amit was 21 when he bought the West Yorkshire Regional Franchise in November 2004. “In my job I didn’t like the fact that my income was capped because of my youth. I bought the franchise with two others for £100,000 and now have now granted all of our original courier territories, our Courier Franchisees are now so busy that they are beginning to split their territories; the next stage of our business development.

We recently moved to a new depot where we have the capacity to handle 8,500 parcels a week but are already planning another move next year to a 30,000 plus sq foot depot to cope with the continuing growth of the business. I have been impressed by the training and support provided by the UK Master Franchise. My business is growing and the future is very exciting for everyone involved in the Fastway network” says Amit, now 25.