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After being out of the industry for a few years due to disability, I'm now back, but im not sure now who use for delivery of canvases , etc. I was going to use DPD but found that and artwork comes under not allowed, and the Royal Mail are too expensive. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a 2-3 day courier?

Thank you.

I think the various couriers are all much the same. I've been using Hermes for a while and despite a bad reputation they seem ok. I've also been using Parcel Force for bigger consignments and hand no significant problems. I also use the Royal Mail buisnes account (OBA) which makes things cheaper up to a media U.K. Parcel (610x460x460) max.

I normally declare my Frames as picture frame (no glass) which hasn't caused any problems on the odd occasion I get damage in transit. My damage rate is %0.3 so I don't really worry about it, but I do pack things well and rarely send glass, but I do send some fairly large frames.

I hope that helps.

we use myHermes as well, never had any damage with them, had loads with FedEx
only thing MyHermes, is that they surcharge for some parts of Scotland, such as the Islands, it's not on their website, but only shows up when you get a quote , so you will have to build that into your pricing

I was talking to Nick at Mid Wales Freight who is a high end courier(charged by the mile!!).
He thought the most reliable was Ups and another which I can't remember...