Our History And Values

World Options was established in 2003 and has since grown into a leading provider of simple and affordable shipping solutions for businesses.

The firm was founded by Stewart Butler, after years of experience working with leading international shipping companies.

There were fewer carrier companies on the market back then, which was dominated by the big names in the industry, such as DHL, UPS, TNT, and FedEx.

At that time many small to medium-sized businesses that had shipping requirements had to ship their goods manually by making telephone calls direct to the carriers and completing shipping rate sheets themselves.

But this presented a problem – there was very little visibility of what would happen to their shipments after they were collected. It would take hours upon hours for those businesses to contact the carriers to find out what was happening with their shipments.

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Industry Leading Shipping Software

There had to be a better way. Things needed to change in order to move away from this very time-consuming, manual process many companies across the UK had to go through every time they had shipping requirements.

The aim was to create an industry-leading online system that would allow businesses to do everything digitally and in 2010 this goal was achieved, which resulted in the launch of the World Options online portal.

We have invested heavily into the portal ever since so that all of our customers’ needs can be met with the click of a mouse. Businesses can log in and view multiple quotes between carriers in seconds, make an instant booking, get access to flexible tracking options, and rely upon our dedicated customer support team, who are just a phone call away.

The launch of the portal transformed our business, meaning we could take on more customers and larger volumes of business shipments.

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World Options In The Community

Corporate and social responsibility (CSR) is extremely important to us, and we are constantly striving to help our employees develop, our local community to flourish and the charities and organisations that are important to us to grow as much as possible.

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Our People

Our people are the backbone of World Options. They bring expertise, experience, and passion to every shipment. Their commitment to excellence ensures seamless service, innovative solutions, and customer satisfaction. With their knowledge, your business is always in capable hands.

Testimonials

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We recently had the opportunity to attend a demo session with Antonia Holden, and it was incredibly insightful.…

- Yee

Very good service. The quick comparison between all the major couriers is very useful, and Chet and the…

- Turboactive Ltd

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- Steve Bearbox International

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- Sebastian

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- Sarah Quantrell

Having worked with World Options for several years, I have no qualms about highly recommending the conscientious service…

- Richard

The personal help and assistance, regardless of final mile carrier, is very good and much appreciated.

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Steve from the Weymouth franchise has been fantastic, always there to help, nothing too much trouble. I’m really…

- Nick

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- Mark M

Amazing service. I’ve been using World Options for 7 years. excellent broker. excellent service. wonderful account manager Antonia.…

- Leanne

I have been helped with our shipping for 8 years by Simon Douglas and Iain Hesketh. These guys…

- Julie

We have been working together for years, always give the best advice, great rates and how great it…

- Izaak Moggeridge

Been working with Stephen at Weymouth Franchise for a few years and wouldn’t look elsewhere. Always available on…

- Customer

Since employing World Options Ltd. I have had the most amazing service in 25 years of exporting books…

- Gary

Stephen Hingley has been managing all my logistics for almost 2years. His passion for the industry shows in…

- Celeste Todd

We’ve been working with World Options for years now, and their service has been nothing short of exceptional.…

- Benedetta Giorico

Great service, much better than dealing directly with couriers when things go wrong. Alex is a star and…

- Andrew Lawrence

Anthony S, our rep at World Options is great! We’ve been working for quite some time and I…

- Andreea Elena

Worked with a certain courier on and off for the past two years, and whilst their prices were…

- Amy Stiles