Where HGV training meets recruitment

Connecting great drivers with rewarding jobs to keep the wheels of the UK logistics sector turning.

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New Driver Recruitment

As the UK’s first and only agency focused wholly on addressing the challenges of Newly Qualified Driver recruitment, we are passionate about getting new drivers into rewarding employment quickly.

Right now, the UK has over 50,000 unfilled driving roles, so the skills of every qualified driver are in high demand. We have unrivalled access to the largest database of newly qualified and almost qualified drivers, so we’re uniquely positioned to connect employers with skilled people.

Let us help you to make the right connection.

Driver Zone

We’ll help you get the right start to your driving career.

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Employer Zone

NQDs could be the best way to boost your workforce.

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Stories of Success

Take a look at how we’ve helped other drivers get started.

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A direct road to employment

We specialise in helping new drivers who are just starting out. So, we like to partner with organisations who feel as passionate about employing newly qualified drivers (NQDs) as we do. But that’s just the beginning.

New drivers gain experience, first jobs become second jobs, and so the wheels keep turning. That’s why we provide recruitment support and ongoing advice for the duration. HGV driving is a career for life and we’re in it for the long-haul, just like you.

Connecting the dots

Use our UK-wide interactive map to locate drivers in training and qualified drivers who are ready to roll. It’s an easy way to find the right people for the job. Search the map, submit a request and we’ll make the connection for you

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Specialist driving skills

The HGV Recruitment Centre specialises in finding rewarding jobs for new and experienced drivers with any of the following categories of licence…

CAT
C1

Any goods vehicle that is above 3.5t and below 7.5t in weight. e.g. supermarket home-delivery vehicles, ambulance.

HGV / LGV Cat 'C' (Class 2)

Any vehicle with a rigid body that is over 7.5t in weight e.g. fire engines, refuse vehicle and any HGV that doesn't have detachable cab or separate trailer.

HGV / LGV at 'C+E' (Class 1)

Vehicles over 7.5t that have a detachable or separate trailer.

PCV /
Cat D

Large Passenger Carrying Vehicles (PCV) that travel by road e.g. bus or coach.

   What we do differently…

100% focused on HGV recruitment

Challenging industry perceptions about newly
qualified drivers

A direct connection from HGV training to employment

Ongoing advice and support for all drivers and all levels of experience

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We love logistics!

Recruiting qualified large-vehicle drivers is our thing. So, we do it really well! Choose HGV Recruitment Centre to handle your next career move and get all of this good stuff…

A team of experienced and friendly recruiters, offering help and support for the whole of your driving career

Specialists in Newly Qualified Driver recruitment. Hundreds of temporary and permanent jobs every month

Guaranteed number of driving hours per week for every contract

Like-minded employers who value new drivers and provide the right kind of support from the start

 
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Hear from our happy drivers

We know what we’re doing to support new drivers works. We place hundreds of NQDs in employment every year. Happy faces all round! Many of those drivers also return to us for ongoing support and further job opportunities as their experience grows. But don’t just take our word for it. Check out these stories of success...

I started my work in an agency for a few weeks and now focusing on doing a full time job thanks to HGV Recruitment. My word to everybody, ‘love your work and everyday will love you too!”

Having spent 25yrs in retail. I applied to a role by HGV Recruitment and within a week was working for a large supermarket chain.

HGV Recruitment were absolutely superb. I couldn’t asked for any more help or support .

Thanks to HGV Recruitment I was able to find work straight away. The team was great and went out of their way to help get you into work and was always there to help with any problems you had

HGV recruitment run a new driver programme which I was accepted onto and have successfully gained myself a new career with an established company.

HGV Recruitment helped me get into the industry and got me into a job very quickly and I’m now getting the hang of things and enjoying myself. It’s been great and I’m now on my own delivering to stores!

I was working as a self employed courier and as I enjoy driving, I decided to take the next step and recently passed my HGV Class 2 license. I was finding it pretty difficult to find a job as most companies look for experienced drivers Read more…

HGV Recruitment helped me to get a job quickly and helped to start my career as a Class 1 driver. I would highly recommend HGV to any new qualified driver. Read more…

I’ve been driving class 2 for a number of years. Just over a year ago I decided to take class 1. The whole year was a relentless search for positions, which were always “we want experience “. Within 3 weeks of being contacted by HGV Recruitment, I was in work!

If you are a new HGV driver this is the best agency to start your career. Cristiana got me into a job quickly. They are very efficient and helpful. I recommend them very highly.

I applied for the job in various places but all declined because I did not have experience. I continued looking for a job and one day I found a job advertised by HGV Recruitment for newly qualified drivers. It gave me some hope and I applied Read more….

I searched a job for class 1 and HGV recruit to manage to get me one in 5 working days. They are very prompt and professional. I highly recommend their services!

When I passed my Class 1 test first time I was over the moon, but then became disheartened when looking for Class 1 employment as all the firms asked for experience, but then noticed an advert online for Newly Qualified Class 1 drivers from the HGV Recruitment Agency. Read more…

I am Ex Military and did my HGV license whilst in the Army and came to find out that the team at HGV Recruitment specialise in the transition  into new employment for the ex Armed Forces. The team have been superb from start to finish!

Totally unreal customer service flawless, clear,concise, efficient to the extreme , still cant believe the efficiency and professionalism on all levels from Jake Saunders, I dreaded looking for a job with all the bull from the first phone call, the lies the not being… Read more…

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Latest News

If you take a quick trawl through any HGV social media group or forum, it won’t be long before you see negative comments on the industry. It’s disappointing that this negativity is still so obvious, when the industry needs as many new drivers as possible and opportunities are plentiful. I...

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Five years ago, I launched The HGV Recruitment Centre because I saw a huge opportunity to really make a difference in the logistics sector. At that time, and really ever since, the logistics sector has been faced with challenge after challenge. There are simply not enough drivers in the market to...

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Ask most transport operators how many vehicles they have parked up in their depots today for which they have work, but no driver and the answer is usually “none”. Clearly this does not mean that there aren’t people facing this position and you can’t get away from the headlines on...

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