Filling temporary warehouse and forklift roles in Medway City Estate? WSUK supplies vetted pickers, packers, loaders and FLT drivers to sites around Anthony's Way, Kendon Business Estate and Spectrum Business Centre — fast, flexible cover for peaks, sickness and order spikes, with right-to-work, payroll and compliance handled.
WSUK fills temporary warehouse and forklift jobs for Medway City Estate employers — pickers, packers, loaders, goods-in/out operatives and counterbalance, reach and PPT FLT drivers — for peaks, absence and short-notice shifts. For sites around Anthony's Way, Kendon Business Estate and Spectrum Business Centre, reached via A289 to M2 J1, we put vetted, inducted staff on your floor fast, with PAYE payroll and compliance managed.
Medway City Estate is one of the largest purpose-built employment areas in north Kent, filling the Frindsbury peninsula inside a loop of the River Medway opposite Rochester and Chatham. Its spine road, Anthony's Way, forms part of the A289, running east into the Medway Tunnel towards Chatham Maritime and Gillingham and west past Strood to the Wainscott bypass and M2 junction 1. The peninsula had an industrial past of cement works, brickfields and barge building before the estate was laid out. Today hundreds of businesses occupy trade counters, business centres such as Kendon Business Estate and Spectrum Business Centre, workshops and warehouse units, alongside courier and haulage depots, building suppliers and the offices of local media. Because every Medway town is within a short drive through the tunnel or across Rochester Bridge, it works as a distribution base for the whole conurbation as well as for Strood.
Labour demand on Medway City Estate rises with regional construction and fit-out activity, courier volumes serving the Medway towns, and new tenancies among its many small units, and eases when trade-counter sales slow. Every one of those swings opens gaps that must be filled quickly. WSUK supplies temporary warehouse and forklift teams — pickers, packers, loaders, goods-in/out operatives and counterbalance, reach and PPT truck drivers — inducted and ready for Medway City Estate sites. We manage vetting, right-to-work verification, PAYE payroll and working-time compliance, and flex headcount up for peaks and back down afterwards.
Pickers, packers, loaders, goods-in/out operatives and forklift (FLT) drivers supplied to Medway City Estate employers — for peaks, cover and short-notice shifts, with payroll and compliance managed.
Scale your Medway City Estate team for busy periods, promotions and seasonal spikes, then scale back without the fixed cost.
Same-day cover when someone calls in sick or a shift falls short — operatives and forklift drivers, fast.
We handle vetting, right-to-work, PAYE payroll and working-time compliance for every temporary worker.
WSUK covers Medway City Estate and the Medway towns, from Anthony's Way, Kendon Business Estate and Spectrum Business Centre to workers drawn from Strood, Frindsbury, Wainscott and Chatham. From a single counterbalance driver for a night shift to a full multi-shift picking operation, we mobilise vetted temporary warehouse and forklift staff quickly.
Our temporary warehouse staff keep Medway City Estate operations flexible. From a vetted local pool, WSUK supplies pickers, packers, loaders, goods-in/out operatives and forklift (FLT) drivers for peaks, cover and short-notice shifts — with payroll, right-to-work and working-time compliance managed. When demand moves, your workforce moves with it.
Indicative PAYE rates as a guide — actual pay varies by shift, experience and location, with premiums for nights and weekends. WSUK advises on competitive local rates to attract and retain the right people.
| Role | Indicative pay |
|---|---|
| Warehouse Operative / Picker-Packer | £12.00–£13.50 / hr |
| Goods-In / Goods-Out Operative | £12.00–£13.50 / hr |
| Counterbalance FLT Driver | £12.50–£14.50 / hr |
| Reach / PPT FLT Driver | £13.00–£15.00 / hr |
| Warehouse Team Leader / Supervisor | £14.00–£18.00 / hr |
Our temporary warehouse staff support Medway City Estate operations of every size, flexing with your busy and quiet periods.
From one short-notice shift to a full seasonal team, we flex your Medway City Estate workforce up and down on demand — with payroll and compliance handled and a single point of contact.
From first call to workers on shift in Medway City Estate, we manage vetting, payroll and cover.
Roles, headcount, shift pattern and how long you need cover.
We match vetted, available workers from our Medway City Estate pool.
Workers arrive ready — we handle payroll and compliance.
Scale up or down shift by shift, with one point of contact.
Yes. We place vetted counterbalance, reach and PPT drivers at sites including Rochester, Strood and Anthony's Way, covering short-notice shifts and peaks with licences and right-to-work checked before they start.
Yes. We can run labour across more than one site in Medway City Estate and the Medway towns, supplying picking, packing and loading crews on managed PAYE payroll and scaling each site independently as demand shifts.
Yes — we provide same-day and short-notice cover for Medway City Estate employers, scaling teams up and down as volumes change.
Yes. We handle vetting, right-to-work checks, PAYE payroll and working-time compliance for every temporary worker.
Often the same or next day depending on roles and headcount — we respond to enquiries within 2 working hours.
WSUK supplies temporary warehouse and forklift staff across the UK's major regional distribution hubs. Choose an area for local information.
Greater Manchester is the North West's main logistics hub, where the M60, M62 and M56 meet the Manchester Ship Canal, rail freight terminals at Trafford Park and Port Salford, and Manchester Airport's cargo operation.
Bristol and Severnside combine two deep-sea docks, the M4/M5 crossroads and one of the largest concentrations of big-box warehousing in the South West, from Avonmouth and Portbury to the aerospace cluster around Filton.
Stretching from London Stansted and the M11 along the A120 and A12 corridors to the ferry port at Harwich, this part of Essex and east Hertfordshire links air freight, sea freight and busy industrial estates.
Medway and north Kent line the Thames and Medway estuaries between the M25 and the Swale, combining working ports at Sheerness, Thamesport and Tilbury with M2, A2 and A249 industrial estates serving London and the South East.
The south bank of the Humber combines the UK's busiest port complex by tonnage at Grimsby and Immingham with refineries, Freeport land, food processing and steel, all tied together by the M180 and A180.
Tell us your requirement — one worker or a full team — and we'll respond within 2 working hours.