For most couriers, a simply ‘Price-per-loaded mile’ rate is calculated. This means you set a fixed rate for the size of vehicle you operate against the number of miles the delivery covers. For example: If you decide to charge £1/mile for a small van, and the delivery route is 100 miles from collection point to delivery point, then you would charge £100. Many couriers use other factors such as zones and minimum charges to protect themselves from things like short journeys (if a delivery is only 2 miles, you don’t just want to charge £2) and deliveries into busy cities like London, where you can be stuck for hours in traffic and losing out on other work.