HGV Driver & Warehouse Staff Agency in Exeter

Exeter is a long way from the national distribution centres, so most goods arrive on a regional leg and are re-handled locally before they go anywhere.

Transport around Exeter works off the M5 south of Exeter, the A30, the A38 Devon Expressway, the A390 and A361, Cornwall Airport Newquay and the ports at Plymouth, Falmouth and Fowey, with volume concentrated in the Marsh Barton Trading Estate and Sowton Industrial Estate at Exeter. The operators booking temporary cover here are mostly regional foodservice and drinks distributors supplying hospitality across the peninsula.

Hospitality across the peninsula orders more often and in smaller quantities in season, which raises the drop count and the driver requirement more than the tonnage suggests.

Early AM foodservice and drinks deliveries into hotels, pubs and holiday parks, finished before the roads fill up.

The measure that matters on temporary cover is not how fast an agency answers the phone. It is what proportion of booked heads actually arrive. A confirmed booking that fails on the morning costs more than a decline the previous afternoon, because by then there is no time to do anything else.

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.