BRS Taskforce is now using a mobile r recruitment centre to find drivers.
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G ng a handle an what is (and what isn't) a good hourly rate for an agency driver is not easy. Rates vary according to the type of work involved—nights cost more than days, for example, and a trained ADR driver will command a nigher rate than a basic Class 2.
Rates also vary from region to region. Alan Gordon of Pi. Workforce, based in Normanton, West Yorkshire, says hauliers in his region should expect to pay £10-2,11 an hour for a Class 1 driver doing long-distance overnight trunking work. But he adds: "There's no such thing as a fixed rate. Everything is negotiable.
Jim Wilson, development director with BRS Taskforce, quotes an average rate for Class 2 drivers in the West Midlands regions of £9 an hour basic With time-and-a-half overtime. kle reckons that for that rate, the agency should be paying its driver about £6.50. Any less and you're not getting the best service, he warns.
Wilson also points out that different hauliers might pay different prices solely because of where they're based: "Agency drivers want to spend as little time travelling to work as possible— they do a long day and have to get themselves to work in their own time and at their own expense. If your place of business is out In the countryside somewhere, you might have to pay more than a haulier based in a town or city"