Fastway Couriers

Fastway Couriers (formerly trading as HB Couriers ) is a courier delivery services company founded in Napier, New Zealand. At the peak of its service, Fastway operated delivery services in New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and South Africa. The company currently operates in Ireland and South Africa.

The company has operated using a franchise model since 1983, with franchising at the regional and courier level; regional franchises are responsible for managing the sales support and depots facilities in their region, while each courier franchise manages a courier route. Each country with Fastway operations also has a master franchisee, who is responsible for providing the money needed to established Fastway operations, and managing the inter-city transportation of parcels. Fastway Global LTD owns the Fastway branding and provides initial training to the Fastway master franchisee of each country.

Fastway Global LTD also owns the Parcel Connect branding - a booking platform for Fastway Services targeted as consumers. Parcel Connect currently operates in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.

In 2016, the companies New Zealand, and Australia operations and all associated assets (including domains, contracts and depots,) were acquired by Aramex. As part of the acquisition by Aramex, most Fastway operations have been rebranded to Aramex in Australia and New Zealand. Branding of Fastway remained unchanged in other countries.

In 2022, London private equity company Elysian Capital took ownership of Fastway's Irish operations, becoming Ireland's Master Franchisee. In early 2023, South African logistics company City Logistics and Clearwater Capital partnered to purchase the existing Master Franchisee rights in South Africa.