Fastway Couriers (formerly trading as HB Couriers^[2]) is a courier delivery services company founded in Napier, New Zealand.^[3] At the peak of its' service, Fastway operated delivery services in New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and South Africa.^[4] The company currently operates in Ireland and South Africa.^[5]

The company has operated using a franchise model since 1983,^[6] 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.^[7] Fastway Global LTD owns the Fastway branding and provides initial training to the Fastway master franchisee of each country.^[8]

Fastway Global LTD also owns the Parcel Connect branding - a booking platform for Fastway Services targeted as consumers.^[9] Parcel Connect currently operates in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.^[10][11][12]

In 2016, the companies New Zealand, and Australia operations and all associated assets (including domains, contracts and depots,) were acquired by Aramex.^[13][14] As part of the acquisition by Aramex, most Fastway operations have been rebranded to Aramex in Australia and New Zealand.^[15] 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.^[16] In early 2023, South African logistics company City Logistics and Clearwater Capital partnered to purchase the existing Master Franchisee rights in South Africa.^[17][18]