About
Umair Shehzad bought a silver Mercedes E Class in 2018 and picked up his first airport passenger the same week. A businessman landing from London. Collected from Liverpool Airport short stay. Driven to The Balmoral on Princes Street. 18 minutes door-to-door.
That was the entire company. One car. One driver. One phone that always got answered.
How It Started
Grand Executive Chauffeurs started in 2018 with one car and one driver. That driver was Umair Shehzad. He took every booking himself. 4am airport runs from Crosby to Manchester. Corporate pickups on Castle Street. Wedding transfers in Woolton on Saturdays. Late-night returns from Heathrow on Sundays.
The company did not start from a business plan. It started from a phone call that never came.
Three Decades of Mastery
How It Started
Umair’s mother flew into Liverpool John Lennon Airport alone. She was 64. Her English was limited. The flight from Islamabad landed 40 minutes late. The chauffeur she had booked through another company never showed. No call. No text. No voicemail.
She stood on Speke Hall Avenue outside the arrivals hall for 40 minutes. November. Rain. Alone. Trying to read a phone screen in a language she barely understood.
Umair drove from Birmingham to Liverpool the next morning. Not to visit. To fix the problem that put his mother in the cold.
Within three months he had a private hire operator licence, a second Mercedes, and a rule that has not changed since day one.
The One Test Every Driver Must Pass
Would Umair put his own mother in that car, with that driver, at that hour?
If the answer is no, that driver does not work for us. Three drivers failed that test in the first year. All three were replaced. The standard has not dropped since.
This is not a slogan on a website. It is the question asked before every driver is approved. It covers how they drive. How they dress. How they speak. How they handle luggage. How they behave when nobody is watching at 3am on a Tuesday.
The Team Behind Every Booking
Umair Shehzad, Founder
Started the company in 2018 as a student in Birmingham. Expanded to Liverpool because of his mother’s experience at LJLA. Still answers his phone at 2am. Not a call centre. Not a recorded message. Him. Personally trains every driver before their first booking. Manages the fleet, the routes, and the standard.
Call Umair directly: +44 7356 049464
Our Drivers
Every driver holds an enhanced DBS check. Not basic. Enhanced. Every driver completes random drug and alcohol screening throughout the year. Every driver runs supervised trial routes across Liverpool before carrying a single passenger.
The routes they must know before they start: Edge Lane to the M62. The Tarbock interchange. Queens Drive ring road through Childwall and West Derby. The one way system around Dale Street in the Commercial District. The school run bottleneck on Menlove Avenue past Calderstones Park at 8:10am. The Walton Breck Road closure on Anfield matchdays.
Eight out of ten applicants do not make it through. That rejection rate is deliberate.
What We Drive
Every vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz. No exceptions. No subcontracted saloons from other fleets.
Mercedes E-Class
Up to 3 passengers, 2 large cases. The standard for airport transfers and daily corporate work. Quiet ride. Clean interior. Wi-Fi and USB charging.
Mercedes S Class
Up to 3 passengers. Privacy glass. Extended legroom. Reclining rear seats. For VIP clients, long distance runs, and executives who need to work from the back seat.
Mercedes V-Class
Up to 6 passengers, 6 cases. Conference seating. Electric sliding doors. Built for families, wedding parties, groups heading to Aintree, and matchday travel to Anfield or Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Every car is valeted before every booking. Not between shifts. Before YOUR journey. Water, mints, USB chargers, and Wi-Fi fitted as standard across the fleet.
Licensed and Verified
We operate under Private Hire Operator Licence PHO 00324 issued by Liverpool City Council. This is verifiable directly with the council.
Every journey is covered by full commercial insurance. Every vehicle meets Liverpool City Council age and condition requirements. Every driver holds a valid individual private hire licence in addition to their enhanced DBS clearance.
Two licences before a single passenger sits in any car. Company operator licence. Individual driver licence. Both checked. Both current.
In a market where 14,000 unlicensed drivers once picked up passengers through a single ride-hailing app before regulators intervened, knowing your operator is licensed is not a detail. It is the starting point.
What We Cover from Liverpool
Airport transfers. Manchester Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Birmingham, Heathrow, Gatwick, Leeds Bradford, East Midlands. Flight tracked live on every job. 60 minutes free waiting from landing. View airport transfers.
Corporate and executive travel. Hourly hire, full day hire, multi-stop roadshows, client collections, PA-managed corporate accounts. Covering the Commercial District, Baltic Triangle, Waterfront, and Knowledge Quarter. View corporate services.
Wedding car hire. One car per wedding per day. Ribbons. Photography stops. Covering every venue from Titanic Hotel to Thornton Manor. View wedding packages.
Matchday and events. Anfield, Hill Dickinson Stadium, Aintree Grand National, M&S Bank Arena, ACC Liverpool conferences. Pre-agreed drop and collection points. No queues. View matchday service.
Prom transport. DBS checked drivers across Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Wirral, and St Helens. Driver details sent to parents. View prom car hire.
Cruise terminal transfers. Door to Princes Dock pier. Luggage handled. View cruise transfers.
Long distance. Liverpool to London. Liverpool to Edinburgh. Liverpool to Chester. Liverpool to the Lake District. Anywhere in the UK. Fixed price. View long distance.
The Numbers
2018. Year founded. One car. One driver.
170+. Google reviews. Five star average.
PHO 00324. Private hire operator licence. Liverpool City Council.
80%. Applicant rejection rate. Eight out of ten do not make it.
15 minutes. How early every driver arrives. Every job.
60 minutes. Free waiting on every airport collection.
0. Hidden fees. Surge charges. Meter adjustments.
Book With Us
Fixed price confirmed in under five minutes. Driver details sent the night before. Mercedes cleaned before your journey. Same standard at 4am as 4pm.
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Licensed Private Hire Operator | PHO 00324 | Liverpool City Council
ABOUT US
Long-distance Grand Executive Chauffeurs is a local, Mercedes-only chauffeur company covering airport transfers, corporate travel, weddings, matchday transport, cruise terminals, and long-distance runs. We drive Liverpool roads every day, and we know which route to take when Edge Lane backs up past Old Swan, the M62 gridlocks at Tarbock, or matchday shuts down Walton Breck Road around Anfield. Founded in 2018 by Umair Shehzad. One focus: named drivers, fixed prices, and cars that are valeted before every single trip.
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