Couriers

How Gophr is helping to transform the on-demand courier landscape with a rewarding benefits programme

This blog post was originally written by Collective Benefits and uploaded to their blog on 17/07/2022. ‍Gophr is a same-day delivery platform with a difference. Actually, quite a few differences –…

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Upgraded courier protection and benefit packages with Collective Benefits

Every self-employed worker should get easy access to benefits and protection, to support their everyday life and help them to feel secure and valued in their place of work.  Which is why we were the…

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Stronger, faster, better: How electric bikes have helped us triple the size of our London bike zone

First up, what is the bike zone? It’s the designated area in London where your Gophr deliveries are eligible to be booked on push bikes or cargo bikes.   And triple the size. Really? Yep 3x. Made…

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Supporting our people and the planet

We think of sustainability as being two-fold; people and planet. We’ve always worked very hard at making sure we go further than others in our sector on the people side, making sure we do better by…

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21st century milkmen: providing delivery services for your local community

The situation So you may have heard by now that the entire country is on lockdown. You’ve also probably read all the articles about how couriers and those working for a local delivery service are now…

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A how-to guide for bricks-and-mortar businesses pivoting to dark store delivery models

Even before the recent Government lockdown was announced we were getting a lot of enquiries around providing delivery from businesses looking to adapt to a delivery-only model, so we’ve put together…

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What it’s really like to work as a self employed courier

Updated: 21/04/21 What is a self employed courier? A self-employed courier is a person responsible for delivering parcels on behalf of customers. But there’s far more to the job than initially meets…

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Learn the first steps to building the ultimate same-day logistics management platform

Updated: 22/12/19 Our same-day logistics management platform is fundamental to everything we do at Gophr. So, we thought we’d share how we built the brains of our business. We’ll explain how our…

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Thoughts on the gig-economy, and its consequences for the courier industry

Updated: 9/12/19 These blogs post were written by our Founder, Seb Robert, 3 years ago and were based on his thoughts on Uber’s 2016 tribunal ruling. Please keep an eye out for updated opinion pieces…

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Parcel Sizes: Small and Large Parcel Deliveries

Updated: 29/03/21 We get a lot of questions about what Gophr courier’s vehicles can carry and what’s best for their job, so we’ve pulled this post together as a guide to help you book the right…

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