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Urgent Couriers Replaces Auckland Car Fleet With Electric Cargo Bikes

Thursday, 11 November 2021, 7:09 am | Urgent Couriers

Certified carbon zero courier company Urgent Couriers will take 40 to 50 tonnes of carbon emissions a year out of inner-city Auckland by replacing its city fleet of cars with electric cargo bikes. Urgent Couriers has imported five purpose-built ... More >>

Urgent Couriers helping Kiwi kids reach potential

Monday, 17 March 2014, 9:55 am | Urgent Couriers

Urgent Couriers is joining the Foundation for Youth Development’s (FYD’s) drive to help inspire Kiwi kids to reach their full potential and is calling on other businesses to do the same. Urgent Couriers Managing Director Steve Bonnici was so inspired when ... More >>

Still time to help Auckland City Mission Christmas Appeal

Thursday, 13 December 2012, 3:42 pm | Urgent Couriers

Urgent Couriers is once again supporting the Auckland City Mission Christmas appeal, with its drivers collecting donations from Auckland businesses to deliver to the mission. More >>

Urgent Couriers expands in Auckland market

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 12:11 pm | Urgent Couriers

Urgent Couriers, which has about a quarter of Auckland's fast delivery market, just got bigger with its acquisition of rival freight business Inter City Urgent. The purchase of Inter City Urgent will increase Urgent Courier's turnover by at least ... More >>

Bussing fastest way to get to work in Commuter Challenge

Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 12:15 pm | Urgent Couriers

Bussing proved to be the quickest mode of transport for Auckland CBD workers, beating car users and cyclists, to come first in this year’s Commuter Challenge. But cyclists were the fastest travellers from three of the four Auckland destinations. More >>

NZ courier drivers often earn below minimum wage

Thursday, 11 November 2010, 4:49 pm | Urgent Couriers

Many New Zealand courier drivers are struggling to earn a viable living as courier companies have aggressively slashed prices they charge to gain customers, a practice that increased significantly during the recession, say industry experts. More >>

Charities should be wrapped with this offer

Friday, 10 September 2010, 11:40 am | Urgent Couriers

Urgent Couriers is offering an Auckland based charity the chance to have free brand visibility on one of its highly visible Mobile AdVert cars for three months - an offer valued at almost $6,000. More >>

Urgent Couriers drives home awards, Sustainable 60

Thursday, 3 December 2009, 3:37 pm | Urgent Couriers

New Zealand’s only carbon neutral courier company last night received a joint award in the medium company Overall Exemplar category of the inaugural Sustainable 60 Awards. Urgent Couriers received the award alongside The New Zealand Merino Company and also ... More >>

Telstraclear Hits The Road With Urgent Couriers

Monday, 16 November 2009, 4:07 pm | Urgent Couriers

TelstraClear has taken up Urgent Couriers’ novel advertising channel and ‘wrapped’ 17 of the courier company’s low emission vehicles in TelstraClear branding for the next eight months. More >>

Urgent Couriers drives aversion to recession

Thursday, 9 July 2009, 4:01 pm | Urgent Couriers

Urgent Couriers is selling advertising space on its courier vehicles in an effort to boost earnings in the tight courier market. More >>

New Zealand’s first ‘after hours’ courier service

Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 4:07 pm | Urgent Couriers

Locally owned courier company, Urgent Couriers, has announced the launch of New Zealand’s first business-to-consumer ‘after hours’ delivery service, aptly named Urgent Tonight. More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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