Our History

Fastnet Courier was established in 1989. The company has grown from a two-car company into a 150 strong employee-based fleet. The team at Fastnet Courier has managed to establish an extremely well balanced fleet, from motorbikes and vans up to large taxi-trucks and Cargo Planes. Fastnet Courier has specialized in a market segment with the need for both the urgent courier delivery and the traditional freight carrier.

Innovative

Fastnet Courier sees itself as one of the most innovative courier companies. Several years ago we made a very difficult decision. We took the challenge of employing company drivers whilst the industry standard took the less risky option of taking on sub-contractors.

We consider this to a step that should be taken in the interest of the courier industry to promote professionalism. We consider company drivers to be an enormous advantage, giving us greater control over such issues as:

Driver Training & Appearance

Fleet management

Vehicle appearance, vehicle reliability, age, maintenance and safety equipment

Accurate job costing

The issues above along with many others are controlled and maintained with the aid of fleet supervisors and a fleet manager. This has also resulted in a much more stable and reliable fleet ensuring further growth and professionalism within our organisation.

Specialised Requirements

Some of our employee drivers have been specially trained in such areas as Dangerous Goods Management, fleet management and warehousing. Our office staff has been encouraged to seek various skills and accordingly have been trained in areas such as Customer relations, Accounts Keeping and Quality Assurance Management.