HGV Driver & Warehouse Staff Agency in Dudley

Vetted temporary drivers and warehouse staff supplied to operators in Dudley and the West Midlands, with digital timesheets and one consolidated weekly invoice.

Dudley and its freight corridors

Why Dudley operators come back

Dudley lies within a four-hour lorry drive of most of the UK population, which is why the national distribution centres are here — and why the region's shift patterns run right through the night.

Transport around Dudley works off the M6, M5, M42, M40, M54 and the M6 Toll, Birmingham Airport and the rail freight terminals at Hams Hall and Birch Coppice, with volume concentrated in the Black Country manufacturing belt through Oldbury, Tipton and West Bromwich. The operators booking temporary cover here are mostly contract logistics providers running client-dedicated warehouses and fleets.

Contract wins and losses in big-shed warehousing move labour requirements in blocks of dozens and the ramp-up runs on agency staff long before permanent recruitment catches up.

Nights across the big sheds, typically 22:00 to 06:00, which is where the shortage runs deepest and the premium highest.

The most expensive worker is the one who arrives without the right ticket. A forklift certificate from an unaccredited provider, a lapsed DQC, a counterbalance card presented for reach truck work — each one either stops the shift or creates an exposure nobody priced in.

How cover for Dudley works: you send the seat, the dates and the shift times. We source against that requirement from a national pool, complete the licence and right-to-work checks, then confirm a named worker who travels to your site.

Our vetting standard

The list below is what gets verified before confirmation. It is deliberately auditable, because your own compliance team may well want to see it.

Equal treatment on pay and basic conditions applies after 12 weeks in the same role under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. We hold the count per worker per role and raise it with you before the threshold rather than on the invoice that follows it.

The check happens before confirmation and the record is auditable. If your own compliance team wants to see it, they can, which is the point of keeping it digitally rather than in a drawer.

Rates explained

One weekly invoice covering every approved shift, with the assignment reference on each line. The provenance matters more than the format: you should be able to trace any figure back to a specific person on a specific day.

Same-day cover is possible where the pool allows it and next day is the realistic standard, particularly for bookings placed before mid-afternoon. We would rather tell you we cannot cover a shift than confirm one and fail to fill it on the morning.

The people we supply

Class 1 Driver Agency in Dudley

Class 1 drivers on C+E, for trunking, tramping, store deliveries and container work.

Class 2 Driver Agency in Dudley

Class 2 rigid drivers on Cat C, for multi-drop, trade counter, tipper and municipal work.

7.5 Tonne Driver Agency in Dudley

7.5 tonne drivers on Category C1, for multi-drop, home delivery and event logistics.

Van Driver Agency in Dudley

Van and multi-drop drivers on a standard Category B licence, for parcel, courier and last-mile work.

Forklift Driver Agency in Dudley

Counterbalance, reach and VNA forklift drivers, with the accreditation checked before the shift.

Warehouse Staff Agency in Dudley

Warehouse operatives, pickers, packers and goods-in staff, in the volume a site actually needs.

HGV Driver Recruitment in Dudley

HGV driver recruitment across Class 1, Class 2 and 7.5 tonne, on permanent, temporary and temp-to-perm terms.

Van Driver Recruitment in Dudley

Van and delivery driver recruitment for multi-drop, courier, collection and same-day operations.

Warehouse Staff Recruitment in Dudley

Warehouse recruitment for operatives, pickers, packers, goods-in, dispatch, forklift and stock control roles.

Current 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.

Frequently asked

What temporary staff can you supply in Dudley?

Class 1 and Class 2 drivers, 7.5 tonne, van and multi-drop, forklift drivers on counterbalance and reach and warehouse operatives. The ticketed specialisms are handled nationally, not booked as local cover.

What checks do you run before a worker starts in Dudley?

Licence categories are checked against DVLA records with a share code, CPC and tacho expiries are confirmed, right to work is evidenced and references are taken. The record is auditable, so your own compliance team can see it.

How does booking temporary staff in Dudley work?

Four things get it moving: what seat, how many, which days, what hours. We come back with a yes or a no rather than a maybe and nobody is confirmed until their checks are clear.

Need staff in Dudley?

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.