What we do
Professional chauffeur work across Manchester and the United Kingdom. Five disciplines, one team, the same chauffeurs — whether the brief is a board meeting at nine or a wedding party at four.
A chauffeur company, considered properly
The vehicle is the means. The service is the work. Below, the five disciplines we are practised at — with the cars from our fleet that suit each best.
i. Most-booked
i. Corporate travel
Account-managed service for businesses moving people, not packages. Hourly rates, wait-and-return for the morning brief, the lunch and the evening engagement. Consolidated invoicing. The same chauffeur held for the day, the week, or the contract — the kind of arrangement the gate-staff at your office have learned by registration.
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ii. Flight-tracked
ii. Airport transfers
Flight-tracked pickups across all major UK airports — Manchester, Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham, Liverpool. Fixed pricing agreed before the day. Meet-and-greet inside the terminal at the gate-side meeting point; cases handled; the car already at the appointed kerb. No surcharges for delayed arrivals; we have already been watching.
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iii. NDA-bound
iii. Production & events
Brand activations, press days, fashion week, music tours, broadcast coverage. We coordinate fleets — talent in the Sprinter, principals in the Range Rover, crew in V-Class — through a single producer-side contact. NDA-bound chauffeurs as standard, holding patterns pre-mapped, no social media, encrypted itineraries.
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iv. By arrangement
iv. Special occasions
The kind of booking where there is no rehearsal — and so the chauffeur is briefed on the order of service before the morning starts. Range Rover for the principals; V-Class for the close family; Sprinter for the wider party. The same team across all three; one timeline, one contact.
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v. No surge pricing
v. Private travel
Door-to-door for the dinner at Hawksmoor, the match at Old Trafford, the concert at Co-op Live, the country pub on a Sunday afternoon. Hourly booking with no surge pricing; the same chauffeur for the night; the same car waiting where it dropped you. The simple answer to “let’s all go in one car.”
Read about private travel“R5 doesn’t sell us a car. They sell us the absence of one problem — the one where the wrong vehicle, the wrong driver or the wrong moment ruins the day we are actually here for.”A production manager — Manchester, October
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Why R5
Four working principles that apply to every booking, regardless of which of the five services it falls under.
i.
Every route planned, every flight monitored, every arrival early. Built-in margin for the M6 on a Friday and the M25 on a Monday.
ii.
NDA-bound chauffeurs as standard. No questions, no social media, no exceptions. Plate-only correspondence available on request.
iii.
No call centres, no overseas dispatch. You deal directly with the team that books the cars and briefs the chauffeurs.
iv.
The same standards on the first booking as on the hundredth — held by the same people, in the same vehicles, working the same way.
Begin a reservation
Tell us where, when and what for. We’ll route the right chauffeur and the right vehicle, and confirm within the hour. Last-minute requests welcomed; complex briefs preferred.
Begin a reservationFor accounts & productions
For businesses, production companies and venues with regular needs — we’ll set up an account with consolidated invoicing, dedicated point of contact, and held availability for your busiest days.
Open an accountFrom the airport transfer to the multi-day production. From a single car to a co-ordinated fleet. The same standard of work, applied to whichever of the five briefs you are bringing us.