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HGV work around Nottingham spans retail distribution, parcel, chilled food and construction, and the sector changes the day as much as the licence does. WSUK places Class 1 and Class 2 drivers at depots near Nottingham on weekly PAYE pay.
HGV jobs around Nottingham cover Class 2 (category C) rigids and Class 1 (category C+E) artics, both requiring a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card. Class 2 work near Nottingham typically pays £16.00—£20.00 an hour and Class 1 £18.00—£24.00, with premiums for nights, weekends and ADR. WSUK places HGV drivers around Nottingham across retail, parcel, food and construction, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Nottingham anchors the northern Golden Triangle, sitting close to the M1 at Junctions 24, 25 and 26 with the A52, A453, A46, A60 and A610 spreading across the East Midlands. To the south-west, the SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway beside East Midlands Airport and M1 J23A/J24 is a rail-connected distribution hub with its own strategic rail-freight interchange, drawing major retail and 3PL occupiers. Closer in, industrial and distribution estates at Colwick, Castle Marina, Blenheim near Bulwell and Beeston - long associated with Boots - carry warehousing, food and manufacturing operators. The airport adds air-freight, and the combination of motorway, rail and air makes Nottingham a genuinely multimodal logistics city, running continuous rigid and articulated flows between the Gateway, city estates and national networks.
That multimodal weight drives strong demand to fill temporary driving jobs. Rail-linked RDCs and retail distribution need Class 1 (C+E) trunking and shuttle drivers; 3PL, food and pallet operators call for Class 2 (C) drivers; and store, fulfilment and urban deliveries suit 7.5t (C1) and multi-drop van drivers. Volumes surge around retail peaks, promotions and holiday absence, when one unfilled cab disrupts a shift at a hub like the East Midlands Gateway. WSUK supplies vetted Nottingham drivers for temporary cover, ongoing contracts and multi-driver mobilisations, with DVLA licence and CPC verification, right-to-work checks, PAYE payroll and tacho and working-time compliance handled up front, scaling crews up or down as demand moves.
Two Class 1 jobs on the same licence can be completely different days. Where you drive matters as much as what you drive.
RDC to store, or hub to depot on the parcel networks. Highly scheduled, tight time windows, usually curtain or box trailers with cages or roll-cages.
Chilled and frozen distribution, brewery and soft drinks work. Temperature discipline, hygiene rules and often early starts, with hand-ball on some drinks rounds.
Tipper, bulk, container haulage, HIAB and ADR. More variable days, more site work, and premiums for the tickets that unlock it.
From our Golden Triangle base we fill temporary driving jobs across Nottingham - the East Midlands Gateway, Colwick, Castle Marina and Blenheim - supplying Class 1, Class 2, 7.5t and van drivers to rail-linked RDCs, 3PLs and hauliers on the M1 (J24-J26), A52 and A453 for cover, peaks and short-notice shifts, backed by a single local point of contact.
The usual route is car licence, then a provisional C entitlement with a D4 medical, then the Class 2 test, then Class 1 once you have some hours. Plenty of operators will take a newly qualified Class 2 driver and put them through to Class 1 later. If you are newly passed, say so rather than hiding it — some insurers restrict new passes, and we would rather send you to the operators who do not.
Indicative PAYE rates as a guide — actual pay varies by shift, experience and site, with premiums for nights, weekends and bank holidays. Every rate we advertise is at or above the National Living Wage.
| Role | Indicative pay |
|---|---|
| Class 2 (C) HGV Driver | £16.00–£20.00 / hr |
| Class 1 (C+E) HGV Driver | £18.00–£24.00 / hr |
| Class 1 Night Trunk | £19.00–£26.00 / hr |
| HGV Driver with ADR | £19.00–£25.00 / hr |
| Transport / Traffic Supervisor | £16.00–£20.00 / hr |
HGV work suits drivers who want the full value of an expensive licence, and newly qualified drivers who need someone to place them with operators that actually take new passes.
We place drivers into sectors, not just vehicles, so we can tell you whether a job is a curtain-sider trunk or forty cages into a high street.
From application to your first shift, with the checks and the payroll handled for you.
Tell us your licence, tickets and which shifts you can actually work.
A named consultant calls within 2 working hours to talk through what fits.
Right-to-work, references and the site induction handled before you start.
Start on shift, then paid weekly through PAYE with holiday accrued.
It follows what is built nearby. Large distribution parks generate trunking and RDC-to-store running, food and drink sites generate chilled work with early starts, and quarries or builders merchants generate tipper and bulk work. We will tell you what is actually live around Nottingham rather than what is theoretically there.
Usually, and it is often the best-paid work available locally. Trunking between depots runs overnight to clear the network before the morning, so night shifts around Nottingham tend to carry a premium over the equivalent day rate.
Nothing — they are two names for the same thing. LGV (Large Goods Vehicle) is the current official term used on licences and in legislation; HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) is the older term the industry still uses daily. A job advertised as HGV and one advertised as LGV want the same licence.
Class 2 work typically pays £16.00—£20.00 an hour and Class 1 £18.00—£24.00, with night trunk running to £26.00 and ADR work commanding a premium. Rates are highest at peak and in the run-up to Christmas.
Yes, though it is narrower. Some operators' insurers restrict drivers with under a year on the licence, so the trick is being sent only to the ones that do not. Tell us your pass date and we will target accordingly rather than letting you collect rejections.
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Tell us your class, CPC status and preferred sector around Nottingham. We will reply within 2 working hours.