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LGV and HGV mean the same thing, and adverts around Market Harborough use both plus "Class 1" and "Class 2" interchangeably. What decides the work and the rate is the category letter. We will check yours free and match you locally.
LGV jobs around Market Harborough span three categories: C1 for 3.5—7.5 tonne vehicles, C for rigids over 3.5 tonnes (Class 2) and C+E for artics and drawbars (Class 1). LGV and HGV are the same thing — LGV is just the current official term. All commercial driving over 3.5 tonnes needs a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card. Rates near Market Harborough run £13.00—£24.00 an hour by category, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Market Harborough (LE16) is a compact Leicestershire market town whose logistics reach belies its size, sitting on the A6 between Leicester and Northampton with mainline rail putting London under an hour away. Airfield Business Park on the northern edge, off the B6047 Harborough Road, is the town's established industrial location, mixing distribution, manufacturing and trade units alongside the Harborough Innovation Centre, with older stock around Rockingham Road and Riverside. The town's freight leans on strong road access to the A6 trunk route and the M1 at Junction 20 near Lutterworth and Magna Park, plus the A14 to the south. Neighbouring Kettering, Corby and Leicester thicken the surrounding logistics network, so Market Harborough operators run regional distribution, trade supply and multi-drop work feeding both local demand and the wider Golden Triangle.
That profile drives steady demand to fill temporary driving jobs. Distribution and manufacturing units need Class 1 (C+E) and Class 2 (C) drivers for regional trunking and delivery; trade-counter, merchant and store deliveries suit 7.5t (C1) drivers; and last-mile rounds call for multi-drop van drivers. Demand rises around retail seasons, production schedules and holiday absence, when one empty cab disrupts a delivery route in a smaller operation. WSUK supplies vetted Market Harborough drivers for temporary cover, ongoing contracts and multi-driver mobilisations, with DVLA licence and CPC checks, right-to-work verification, PAYE payroll and tacho and working-time compliance handled up front, scaling crews up or down as local demand moves.
Job adverts use LGV, HGV, Class 1 and Class 2 interchangeably and inconsistently. The category letter is the only thing that is precise.
The 7.5 tonne box or curtain-sider. Often held automatically by anyone who passed a car test before 1 January 1997. Sometimes advertised as "small LGV".
Any rigid goods vehicle above 3.5 tonnes, typically an 18 or 26 tonne lorry. The industry calls it Class 2, and adverts may say "LGV 2" or "LGV Class 2".
Articulated lorries and rigids with a drawbar trailer. The industry calls it Class 1, and adverts may say "LGV 1". Requires category C first.
From our Golden Triangle base we fill temporary driving jobs across Market Harborough (LE16) and Airfield Business Park - supplying Class 1, Class 2, 7.5t and van drivers to distributors, manufacturers and merchants on the A6 with quick reach to M1 J20 at Lutterworth, for cover, peaks and short-notice shifts, backed by a single local point of contact.
All four terms are in daily use and they overlap confusingly. LGV and HGV are synonyms for the same class of vehicle. Class 1 and Class 2 are industry shorthand for C+E and C respectively, left over from an older licensing system. So "LGV Class 1", "HGV Class 1" and "C+E" are three names for one thing, and an advert using any of them wants the same entitlement. If you are unsure what you hold, send us a DVLA check code and we will read the categories for you.
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 |
|---|---|
| C1 (7.5 tonne) Driver | £13.00–£15.00 / hr |
| Category C / LGV 2 Driver | £16.00–£20.00 / hr |
| Category C+E / LGV 1 Driver | £18.00–£24.00 / hr |
| LGV 1 Night Trunk | £19.00–£26.00 / hr |
| LGV Driver with ADR | £19.00–£25.00 / hr |
This page is for drivers working out what they hold, what an advert is actually asking for, and which category is worth adding next.
We will tell you what your licence actually entitles you to before you waste applications on jobs it does not cover.
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.
C+E (Class 1) is usually the hardest to fill and therefore the best paid wherever there are distribution depots near Market Harborough. Category C work is more plentiful and more varied. We will tell you which of the two is genuinely busier locally rather than guessing.
Yes, and it costs nothing. Generate a DVLA licence check code and send it over. We will list the categories you hold, flag anything that has lapsed such as your CPC or tacho card, and tell you what that entitlement is worth around Market Harborough.
Yes. 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. Jobs advertised as LGV and HGV want the same entitlement, and the pay is the same.
LGV 1 means category C+E — articulated or drawbar vehicles, also called Class 1. LGV 2 means category C — rigid vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, also called Class 2. LGV 1 pays more because you must hold category C before you can get C+E and the vehicles are larger.
Category C, because you need it before you can take C+E. Plenty of drivers work on C for a year, then upgrade, and many operators will part-fund or fully fund the C+E test for a reliable driver. If you already hold C1 through a pre-1997 licence, going straight to C is still the route.
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Send a DVLA check code and we will tell you what you can drive and what is live around Market Harborough. Reply within 2 working hours.