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Supplier Guide: Courier Rates
Supplier Guide: Courier Rates
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Written by Jair Sian
Updated over a month ago

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These prices will track up and down with fuel prices +/- on a weekly basis. The pricing below includes surcharges for fuel and additional handling but excludes niche surcharges for remote areas. All prices displayed are exclusive of standard UK VAT, charged at 20%.

Please note that only items under 25kg can benefit from the lower pricing when boxed. Items above 25kg will attract the higher prices regardless of whether they are boxed or not.

Zone 1

Sending and receiving from England, Scotland, Wales

📦 SINGLE Item Shipments

Estimated charges based on approximate weights. Please note any boxed item over 25kg will incur additional handling charges and have a similar price to that of an unboxed 20L Plastic Keg.

Approx. Weight

Price

Boxed item (cans/bottles)

<25kg

£4.95

20L Plastic Keg (boxed)

21kg

£4.95

20L Plastic Keg (unboxed)

21kg

£11.45

30L Plastic Keg

30kg

£12.43

30L Steel Keg

40kg

£14.47

9G Cask

50kg

£17.00

50L Steel Keg

60kg

£18.56

📦📦+ MULTI Item Shipments

Multi-rate pricing only applies to boxed items. Unboxed items (kegs/casks) will carry the same rate for each item. Multi-rate pricing will apply to any consignment where there are multiple boxed items.

Price/box

Boxed item 1, 2, 3, 4….

£4.75


Zone 2

Sending and receiving from Northern Ireland.

📦 SINGLE Item Shipments

Approx. Weight

Price

Boxed item (cans/bottles)

<25kg

£5.66

20L Plastic Keg (unboxed)

21kg

£12.15

30L Plastic Keg

30kg

£13.14

30L Steel Keg / 9G Cask

40kg

£15.45

50L Steel Keg

60kg

£20.07

📦📦+ MULTI Item Shipments

Multi-rate pricing only applies to boxed items. Unboxed items will carry the same rate for each item. Multi-rate pricing will apply to any consignment where there are multiple boxed items.

Price/box

Boxed item 1, 2, 3, 4….

£4.60


Additional Surcharges

Residential surcharge

+ £3.07

Delivery address change or address correction

+ £10.16

Return to Sender

+ £11.77

Next working day collection

+ £0.00

Same working day collection

+ £3.50

+ £6.64

Parcelforce

Express 24

Zone 1 - England, Wales and parts of Scotland excluding the Highlands & Islands

Next working day delivery. Prices are inclusive of fuel surcharges which may change on a weekly basis. This will be reflected on your invoice.

Free next day collections

Price per item <30kg

£3.28

Min price per consignment

£5.98

*For example - 2 packages of cans = £3.28 2 = £6.56

Surcharges

Central London (Congestion Charge Zone)

£0.83 per consignment

Oversize & overweight

£66.6

Incorrect / incomplete address

£0.55 per consignment

Non / late receipt of pre-advice

£2.22 per consignment

Nothing to collect / cancelled collection

£8.33 per collection

Return to sender

£7.49

Storage surcharge after 3 days

£0.55 per consignment per day

Redelivery to different address

£6.11 per item

Requested redelivery to Post Office

£1.11 per item

Parcels with length 1.1m and 1.5m or with 2nd largest dimension 0.7m (Large Parcels)

£8.82 per item

Large parcels requiring manual processing

£8.82 per item

Small parcels requiring manual processing

£3.50 per item

Extended Area Pricing: Zones 2 and 3

Zone 2:

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland – postcodes IV, HS, KA27-28, KW, PA20-49, PA60-78, PH17- 26, PH30-44, PH49-50, ZE AB31, AB33-38, AB45, AB52-56, FK17-21

Price per item <30kg

£3.94

Min price per consignment

£7.18

Zone 3:

Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Isles of Scilly – postcodes BT, IM, TR21-25.

Price per item <30kg

£5.41

Min price per consignment

£9.87

No Surcharge applies when sending within a Zone or from Zones 2 or 3 to Zone 1. All parcels despatched from Zone 1 postcodes in Scotland to mainland Scotland and to the Isle of Skye postcodes in Zone 2, will not be subject to an additional surcharge. Please note that we classify the Channel Islands as an International destination.

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