HGV Driver & Warehouse Staff Agency in Derby
Vetted temporary drivers and warehouse staff supplied to operators in Derby and the East Midlands, with digital timesheets and one consolidated weekly invoice.
What Derby sites get from us
Derby sits in the part of the country that works hardest between midnight and six. The air-freight and parcel networks based here move their volume overnight and the labour requirement follows it.
Transport around Derby works off the M1, A38 and A50, with volume concentrated in the M1 junction 25 corridor, Raynesway and Sinfin. The operators booking temporary cover here are mostly rail-connected intermodal operators and the road legs that feed them.
Intermodal work rises and falls with container volumes at the coastal ports, so the road legs out of the rail terminals need cover that flexes week to week.
Nights in the distribution sheds on a fixed four-night pattern, with the fifth night covered by agency when it runs.
Most cover requests arrive for the wrong reason. A driver rings in sick at 04:30 and the load is booked for 06:00 — at that point the agency is choosing between the wrong person and nobody. Standing patterns booked a week ahead fill; emergencies at dawn frequently do not and an agency that pretends otherwise is one that sends the wrong person.
Transport Temps covers Derby as a national agency. Drivers and warehouse staff are sourced against your specific booking, checked before they are confirmed and travel to your site for the shift. You get the person who fits the seat rather than whoever happened to be nearest.
The checks we run
Checked before the shift, not after the incident. Each item below is verified at registration and the licence checks repeat on a 90-day cycle.
Workers on assignment for 12 weeks in the same role qualify for equal treatment on pay and basic conditions under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. We track that week count from the first shift and tell you before it lands, rather than after.
All of it is completed before the assignment is confirmed. A worker who fails any part of it does not get offered the shift, which occasionally means we hand a booking back.
Rates and payment
Everything runs through the timesheet. Hours logged, sent to you, approved or rejected with a reason, then billed once a week in a single consolidated invoice.
It depends entirely on notice. A booking placed the afternoon before is usually fillable; one placed at 05:00 for an 06:00 start rarely is, whatever any agency tells you. We will always give you a straight answer on the call rather than a maybe.
Roles we fill
Class 1 Driver Agency in Derby
Class 1 drivers on C+E, for trunking, tramping, store deliveries and container work.
Class 2 Driver Agency in Derby
Class 2 rigid drivers on Cat C, for multi-drop, trade counter, tipper and municipal work.
7.5 Tonne Driver Agency in Derby
7.5 tonne drivers on Category C1, for multi-drop, home delivery and event logistics.
Van Driver Agency in Derby
Van and multi-drop drivers on a standard Category B licence, for parcel, courier and last-mile work.
Forklift Driver Agency in Derby
Counterbalance, reach and VNA forklift drivers, with the accreditation checked before the shift.
Warehouse Staff Agency in Derby
Warehouse operatives, pickers, packers and goods-in staff, in the volume a site actually needs.
Drivers' Mate Agency in Derby
Drivers' mates and second crew for two-person deliveries, installations and heavy handball.
HGV Driver Recruitment in Derby
HGV driver recruitment across Class 1, Class 2 and 7.5 tonne, on permanent, temporary and temp-to-perm terms.
Van Driver Recruitment in Derby
Van and delivery driver recruitment for multi-drop, courier, collection and same-day operations.
Warehouse Staff Recruitment in Derby
Warehouse recruitment for operatives, pickers, packers, goods-in, dispatch, forklift and stock control roles.
Open shifts
Shifts appear here once they are booked and confirmed. We would rather show you an empty board than an invented one — register your availability and we will match you against what comes in.
Questions, answered
What temporary staff can you supply in Derby?
Everything from a single van driver for a day to a warehouse crew for a peak week: Class 1 and 2, 7.5 tonne, van, forklift and general warehouse. ADR, HIAB and tanker are national.
What checks do you run before a worker starts in Derby?
Licence entitlement is verified with a DVLA check, Driver CPC and tachograph cards are confirmed in date, right to work is evidenced and two work references are taken. All of it is completed before the worker is confirmed to you, not after they arrive.
How does booking temporary staff in Derby work?
It starts with the seat and the shift pattern. What happens next is the part most agencies skip: the qualification check runs before confirmation, not after the worker is already at the gate.
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Tell us who you need
Give us the class, the count, the dates and the shift. We confirm what we can cover and say plainly when we cannot.