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Self-Employed Couriers

Work with us.

Join a professional courier network built around reliability, consistency, and high-quality work.

Why join Xtra Mile

We work with self-employed couriers who take pride in what they do.

Our focus is on building long-term relationships with reliable drivers — not chasing volume through anonymous job pools.

That means consistent work, fair rates, and a professional environment where the people moving the consignments are treated as the experienced operators they are.

We move time-critical consignments for medical, AV, fashion, film, construction and corporate clients across London and beyond.

The standard is high — and the couriers we work with are the reason we hold it.

What you can expect.

Working with Xtra Mile is built around five things we believe every professional courier deserves.

Consistent same-day work
A steady flow of jobs across London and the home counties — not a feast-or-famine model.
Competitive, reliable rates
Fair pricing on every job, paid promptly and predictably the following week.
Wide range of jobs
Standard same-day, direct, scheduled and specialist medical work — pick what suits your vehicle and day.
Dedicated operations team
Real controllers on the phone — not a chatbot. If something changes mid-route, you get a human.
Industry-leading app
Manage your jobs, navigation, proof of delivery and earnings from a single, well-built mobile interface.
A standard worth keeping
You join a fleet that's trusted with consignments others can't be — and you're paid like it matters.

How it works.

Simple, transparent, and built around how professional couriers actually want to operate.

Go online
Open the app, mark yourself available, and start receiving jobs that match your vehicle and area.
Accept the work
Choose the jobs that suit you — you're in control of your day, your route and your workload.
Complete deliveries
Move the consignment with full support from our operations team, every step of the way.
Get paid
Reliable weekly payments — your earnings for the week land the following week, on schedule.

What you'll need.

Real requirements for real work. Above everything else, we look for the right attitude — but the kit and cover need to be in place too.

Above all else

A good attitude.

Skills can be developed, routes can be learned, kit can be bought. The right attitude — taking pride in the work, looking after the client, owning the consignment from collection to signature — is what actually separates the couriers we keep working with from the ones we don't.

Experience & cover

Vehicle, insurance & track record.

  • A suitable vehicle — clean, presentable, fit for the work you're applying for.
  • Full courier insurance — valid hire-and-reward cover for carrying paid consignments.
  • Goods-in-transit cover — appropriate level for the type of work you'll be doing.
  • At least 1 year of courier experience — you've done this before and know how the day works.
  • Right to work in the UK — we'll verify this before you start.
Kit you'll need on the road

Equipment for every kind of job.

Some of our work goes into hospitals, some onto film sets, some onto live construction sites. You need the kit to walk into any of them safely and professionally.

Hi-viz vest
Steel-toe boots
Hard hat (for construction sites)
Trolley / sack truck
Straps for securing goods
Two circuits

Where you'll fit in.

We recruit for two distinct sides of the business. Tell us which one fits — or whether you're open to both.

Main Circuit

Same-day, multi-sector.

Standard and direct same-day work across London and the home counties — corporate, AV, fashion, film, construction, legal. A wide mix of jobs, varied days, and the broadest pool of work in the business.

  • Standard & direct same-day deliveries
  • Mixed sectors, mixed consignment types
  • London-wide and out-of-town runs
Medical Circuit

Time-critical, clinical.

Specimen and pharmaceutical transport between hospitals, labs, clinics and patients. Higher standards, stricter SOPs, dedicated training — and a guaranteed pipeline of medical work for the right couriers.

  • Pathology specimens & clinical samples
  • Pharmaceutical & patient deliveries
  • Chain-of-custody and temperature control
Our approach

We don't operate like a typical gig platform. Our couriers are an extension of our service — trusted to deliver time-critical consignments with care, precision, and accountability.

When a hospital, a film set, or a courtroom is waiting for what you're carrying, the relationship between us and the driver matters. That's why we work with a vetted fleet, pay properly, and treat the people on the road as the operators that hold the whole service together.

A note from our founder

"I've done your job. We all have."

I started as a foot messenger in central London. From there I went on the bikes, into the control room as a telephonist, then up to running the desk as a controller. In the early '90s I founded Premier Despatch and ran it for nineteen years before building Xtra Mile.

Every person in our operations team has come up the same way. When you call us about a tricky drop, a re-route, a difficult client or a long day — you're talking to people who have actually been in your seat. That changes the relationship. It's why we don't talk down to the fleet, why we listen when you tell us something on the ground doesn't add up, and why our couriers tend to stay with us.

Kevin Jenkins
Founder & CEO, Xtra Mile Couriers
A career on the road, not the boardroom
  • Foot messenger
    Central London — where it started.
  • Motorbike courier
    Years on the bikes, in every kind of weather.
  • Telephonist & controller
    Behind the desk, allocating jobs and managing the day.
  • Founder, Premier Despatch
    Early 1990s. Built and ran the business for 19 years.
  • Founder & CEO, Xtra Mile Couriers
    Today — same understanding, sharper operation.
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