Uni Runners Limited

UniRunners is a courier service, customer experience led with a strong technology focus. Delivering 24x7 to students, businesses and domestic clients.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Retailing / Distribution
  • Location Canterbury, United Kingdom
  • Currency GBP
  • Founded September 2016
  • Employees 6
  • Incorporation Type Other
  • Website unirunners.co.uk

Company Summary

UniRunners are a new type of courier service, customer experience led with a strong technology focus. The company delivers small consumables, mainly food and beverages, to students, businesses and domestic clients on an intensely local basis any time of the day or night, any day of the week. They have adopted an eco-friendly method of delivery using electric bikes while also researching AI, robotics, and drones for the future.

Team

  • Karim Clarke
    Co-Founder

    Key responsibilities for operations and logistics. Karim is a graduate of the University of Kent and manages the day-to-day operations in Canterbury, overseeing all deliveries and operations. Karim completed his Business Management degree and started UniRunners with Stephen. Karim used his skill of enterprise and strategy to execute a solution to many problems within his university.

  • Stephen Connell
    Co-Founder

    Key responsibilities for technology and financial services.
    Stephen co-founded UniRunners Limited. He overlooks the marketing and business relationships.
    Stephen has a successful history with enterprise and entrepreneurship. After selling his shares in a Media production company, Stephen ventured into several successful SMEs, gaining experience in operating scalable companies.
    Stephen created the beta app for UniRunners.

  • Sophia Thakur
    Marketing Manager

    Sophia has been an early supporter of the team and has responsibility for sales and marketing.
    Sophia’s role involves spotting trends, but also constantly re-appraising all the marketing tools within the company. Sophia uses her background in building databases and public speaking to help us reach a wider demographic, helping UniRunners to grow.

  • Independent Director

    Gerard has over 30 years’ experience in service industry businesses, in financial software as a functional architect in trading and retail banking systems, a director of a City-based software company and designer of one of the World’s first operational risk management solutions; and as an owner-manager of several hotels for over ten years. He recently returned to the technology sector to participate in the disruptive cloud solutions market.

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