Chauffeur Cars for Due Diligence and M&A Site Visits

Due diligence trips rarely follow a schedule that's set once and left alone. A deal team might start the morning at a target company's premises, move to a lawyer's office to review documents, swing past a warehouse or second site the target didn't originally flag, then end up back at the advisers' offices for a debrief that wasn't on the calendar at 9am. Booking individual cabs for each leg means re-explaining the plan every time and hoping something's available when the schedule shifts.

We handle these trips by keeping a car and driver on standby for the deal team for the full day, sometimes across several consecutive days for a longer deal. The driver stays with you rather than being booked fresh each time, which matters when a site visit that was meant to take 40 minutes turns into two hours because something in the warehouse needed a second look.

Confidentiality Before the Deal Is Public

Pre-announcement M&A work is sensitive by nature — the driver may be moving people between sites whose connection to each other isn't public knowledge yet. We treat every diligence booking with the same discretion: no discussion of who's going where, no assumptions volunteered about what's happening, and drivers who understand that a day spent between three unrelated-looking addresses is exactly the kind of detail that shouldn't be mentioned to anyone.

Built for Changing Plans

Because the plan for a diligence day often isn't finalised until the day itself, we price these as a standby day rate rather than a fixed route, agreed upfront so there's no negotiation mid-deal over an extra site visit that's just come up.

What It Costs

A full-day standby booking is as-directed hire: £75 an hour in an Executive, or £85 in an Executive Van if the deal team travels together. Call 020 8742 2888 to arrange standby cover for a diligence trip — we can usually confirm same day if needed.