Getting started
Signing up, choosing a platform, and what to sort out before your first shift.
Guides
A day in the life of a DPD multi-drop driver
A realistic look at a shift driving for DPD, from early morning depot loading to the final parcel drop on your route.
Getting startedUpdated 25/10/2026
How Stuart Peak Pricing and Multipliers Work
Learn how Stuart peak pricing, multipliers, and boost zones work for couriers to help you maximise earnings during busy delivery hours.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 17/10/2026
How Addison Lee priority circuits and tier systems work
A plain guide to how Addison Lee allocates jobs, how tier systems work, and what drivers need to know to stay on top.
Getting startedUpdated 17/10/2026
How to set up as a DPD owner driver franchisee
A step by step guide to setting up your business, buying a round, and getting on the road as a DPD owner driver franchisee.
Getting startedUpdated 17/10/2026
How to handle customer fraud and missing food scams on Uber Eats
Protect your Uber Eats account from false claims of missing food with practical steps for safe drops, photo proof, and dispute handling.
Practical problemsUpdated 17/10/2026
How to get Amazon Flex reserved blocks and instant offers
Learn how Amazon Flex reserved blocks and instant offers work, and how to secure more work without constantly refreshing the offers page.
Getting startedUpdated 17/10/2026
Multipapping: how to run multiple delivery apps at once
Learn how to juggle apps like Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat at the same time without getting deactivated or losing money.
Getting startedUpdated 17/10/2026
Riding for Deliveroo: the full guide
How Deliveroo works for a rider: what you need to join, how each fee is worked out, the pay floor agreed with the GMB union, when the money arrives, the insurance Deliveroo gives you for free, and the parts that are left to you.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Delivering for Uber Eats: the full guide
How Uber Eats works for a courier: signing up, how each delivery is paid, Quests and batched orders, the weekly pay cycle and the two ways to cash out early, the free Allianz cover, Uber Eats Pro, and the tax side.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Delivering for Just Eat: the full guide
Just Eat works differently from the other food apps. You set your availability each week and are scheduled into delivery runs, each order pays Transit Pay, and your acceptance rate decides how quickly offers reach you. Here is how all of it fits together.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Delivering for Evri: the full guide
Evri couriers are self-employed and paid per parcel, once a month. You choose between Evri Flex and Evri Plus, which trades a five-day commitment for holiday pay, a pension and guaranteed earnings. Here is how it works and what it means for your tax.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Driving for DPD: owner driver, employed or Connect
There are three ways to deliver for DPD, and they are three different jobs for tax. An owner driver runs a route as a business, an employed driver is on PAYE, and a DPD Connect courier uses their own car on a local round. Here is how to tell which suits you.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Delivering for Stuart: the full guide
Stuart pays a base fee per delivery set by distance and vehicle, multiplies it at busy times, pays for long waits at pick-up, and pays weekly. It also has a written substitution policy and regular face checks. Here is how each part works.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Driving for Bolt: the full guide
What it takes to drive for Bolt in the UK, how the weekly payout is worked out, what the 2024 tribunal ruling on worker status means, why the 2026 VAT change is Bolt's problem rather than yours, and how to report the income correctly.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Driving for Addison Lee: the full guide
Addison Lee is London's largest private hire and courier firm, and it works differently from the apps: most drivers rent a car from it, the work leans on corporate accounts, and holiday pay is paid on every job. Here is how that shapes your money and your tax.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Driving with Freenow: black cab and private hire
Freenow, now owned by Lyft, sends jobs to London black cabs and to private hire drivers. It charges commission only on completed jobs, rewards drivers who carry its advertising, and will pay for private hire drivers to do the Knowledge. Here is how each of those lands on your tax return.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Starting on Amazon Flex: requirements, insurance and pay day
What you need before your first Amazon Flex block: the right car, or an e-bike where it is offered, the two insurance policies Amazon asks for, the checks, how blocks are booked, and the day the money arrives.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Hire and reward against courier and food delivery cover
Hire and reward is the class of cover you need to carry goods or people for payment. Within it, food delivery cover suits short local hot-food runs, courier cover suits parcels, and goods in transit covers the value of what you are carrying rather than the driving.
InsuranceUpdated 27/08/2026
Registering as a sole trader: the whole process
Everything from deciding whether you need to register, through getting a UTR, to the 5 October deadline and what arrives in the post.
HMRC & taxUpdated 20/08/2026
Self Assessment for delivery drivers: the complete guide
Registering, what counts as income, what you can claim, how much tax you will owe and when it is due - written for UK delivery and courier drivers, correct for the 2026/27 tax year.
HMRC & taxUpdated 19/08/2026
Insurance for delivery drivers: what you actually need
Hire and reward, courier cover, goods in transit and public liability - what each one is for, and why your ordinary car policy will not cover you.
InsuranceUpdated 19/08/2026
How to become a delivery driver in the UK
What you need before your first shift: the right licence and insurance, which platform to start with, what it costs to set up, and how to tell HMRC.
Getting startedUpdated 19/08/2026
Articles
How do Addison Lee's peak hours and surcharges work?
Learn how Addison Lee peak hours, priority circuits, and surcharges work to help you plan your shifts and boost your daily private hire earnings.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 25/10/2026
Bolt surge pricing: when and where do multipliers trigger?
Learn how Bolt surge pricing works, when multipliers trigger, and how to spot high demand zones to boost your private hire earnings.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 25/10/2026
Yodel vs Evri: Which is better for parcel delivery pay?
Compare Yodel and Evri parcel delivery pay rates, round structures, and self-employed costs to see which network works best for you.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 17/10/2026
Stuart vs Deliveroo: Which pays better for couriers?
Compare Stuart and Deliveroo on pay rates, drop density and how inner-city courier work stacks up for your daily earnings.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 17/10/2026
DPD owner driver vs DPD subcontractor: Which pays more?
Compare the earnings, costs and daily reality of running your own DPD route versus working as a driver for a depot subcontractor.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 17/10/2026
Amazon Flex surge rates: when do they actually happen?
Learn when Amazon Flex surge rates typically appear on the app and what factors trigger higher block payments for drivers.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 17/10/2026
Rejecting too many orders: when do delivery apps deactivate you?
Learn how delivery apps handle order rejections and cancellations, and find out what risks you face when cherry-picking offers.
Multi-app drivingUpdated 17/10/2026
Zego vs Inshur vs Acorn: which is best for delivery drivers?
Compare Zego, Inshur and Acorn for UK delivery and courier insurance. See which provider fits your vehicle, hours and apps.
InsuranceUpdated 17/10/2026
Should I use an e-bike, scooter or car for food delivery?
Compare e-bikes, motorbikes and cars for urban food delivery. Look at city parking, running costs, traffic delays and real earnings.
Getting startedUpdated 17/10/2026
Amazon Flex or an Amazon delivery partner job?
There are two ways to deliver Amazon parcels. Flex is self-employed, in your own car, a block at a time. A Delivery Service Partner job is with a separate company that provides the van and usually sets a full day. They are different jobs with different tax.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Private hire or food delivery: which is worth doing?
Private hire pays more per hour and costs far more to get into. Food delivery you can start this week with the car you already own.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 20/08/2026
Food delivery or parcel delivery: which is better?
Two quite different jobs that get lumped together. How the pay, hours, mileage, costs and risk compare.
Earnings & profitabilityUpdated 19/08/2026
Questions
JoltMile Help
Using the free online calculators
Check your mileage, tax, and hourly rate using the free online calculators on the JoltMile website without needing to sign up.
Getting startedUpdated 25/10/2026
The JoltMile app for iPhone and Android
Where to get it, how to sign in, what it does, how paying through Apple or Google Play works, and what your account on the website is for.
Getting startedUpdated 22/10/2026
Mileage tracking on Android
Track business miles on your Android phone with live start and end controls from your home screen or notification bar.
Practical problemsUpdated 17/10/2026
Setup flow and practice shift tour
Learn how the JoltMile setup flow guides you through the app with clear steps, and how the practice shift tour lets you test features safely.
Getting startedUpdated 17/10/2026
Using the Live Activity and lock screen widget
Start and end your driving shifts on your iPhone without opening the JoltMile app by using the Live Activity and lock screen widget.
Getting startedUpdated 17/10/2026
Logging a shift
What each step of the shift wizard asks for, why, and what happens to it afterwards.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Your data: backup, export and deletion
What JoltMile stores, who can read it, and how to get all of it out or remove it entirely.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Getting started with JoltMile
What to set up before your first shift, what to do in your first week, and which figures to ignore until you have some history behind them.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Every setting, and what it changes
What each section of Settings does, which figures it moves, and which of them are safe to change once you have started logging.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Account and billing
The free plan, what a subscription includes, how to cancel, what happens to your records afterwards, and where to find your invoices.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
When something looks wrong
Figures that do not match, shifts that have not synced and totals that surprise you, with the handful of causes that explain almost all of them.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Your privacy and how your data is protected
What JoltMile stores about you, who can reach it, what it is never used for, and how to get all of it back or delete it.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Working offline
What happens when the signal goes, what is safe to do without one, and how your work gets back to your account afterwards.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Asking Jolt
What the in-app assistant can answer, where its answers come from, and the things it will not do for you.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
News
JoltMile is on Google Play
The JoltMile app for Android is out. It is the same app as on iPhone, with the same account, so Android drivers can start shifts and have their miles measured too.
Getting startedUpdated 22/10/2026
JoltMile is on the App Store
The JoltMile app for iPhone is out. It signs in with the account you already have, and it can time your shifts and measure your miles as you drive.
Getting startedUpdated 01/10/2026
JoltMile is now a phone app
The web dashboard has closed. Shifts are logged in the app, with one tap to start and one to end, and joltmile.com keeps a small account area for exports, receipts and your account.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Changes and bug fixes to Android app
New features and fixes for the JoltMile Android app, including mileage tracking, Google sign in and keyboard fixes.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
Changes and bug fixes to iOS app
New features and fixes for the JoltMile iPhone app, including shift tracking, Apple sign in and safer shift discarding.
Getting startedUpdated 29/09/2026
New free calculators online
Use our new free mileage, tax, and hourly rate calculators on the website.
Getting startedUpdated 23/09/2026
Fixes: the Expenses page, and the earnings menu that did nothing
The Expenses page failed to open for accounts with any expenses logged. That is fixed, along with the earnings view menu, the PAYE tax figure and a handful of smaller faults.
Getting startedUpdated 12/09/2026
Updated tax reminders and expense rules
We fixed tax return reminders and updated expense category explanations for fines.
Getting startedUpdated 29/08/2026
New Jolt AI assistant and guides
Ask questions and read new help guides using the updated AI assistant built into the app.
Getting startedUpdated 27/08/2026
The JoltMile Knowledge Centre is here
Guides, articles, FAQs and help pages covering UK delivery driving and how JoltMile works - free and open to everyone.
Getting startedUpdated 19/08/2026
Draft shifts, and the distance calculator in the wizard
Save an unfinished shift and come back to it, and work out mileage from postcodes without leaving the wizard.
Getting startedUpdated 19/08/2026