Qualified, compliant, permanent drivers — HGV Class 1 and Class 2, 7.5T, van, ADR, HIAB and specialist licences, sourced and vetted for employers across the UK.
Anyone can send you CVs. A specialist driving recruitment agency sends you drivers who hold the right licence, pass the compliance checks first time, and are still with you a year later.
Freight Talent is a professional driver recruitment consultancy working with hauliers, 3PLs, retailers, manufacturers and own-account fleets across the UK. Every search starts with the operation, not the job title — the shift pattern, the tramping or nights-out expectation, the vehicle, the routes and the depot culture. Those details decide whether a driver accepts your offer and whether they stay, and they are exactly what a generalist agency never asks about.
We place across the full licence range, and we work alongside our wider HGV & LGV driver recruitment desk and our haulage and road transport desk so a single brief can cover the cab and the traffic office together.
Commercial driver recruitment across the categories UK operators hire most.
We confirm the categories actually held and review endorsements before introduction — so a Class 1 vacancy never gets filled by a hopeful Class 2 CV.
Driver CPC status, Driver Qualification Card expiry and tachograph card are verified and dated, so a card doesn't lapse three weeks into the job.
Right-to-work documentation and previous-employer references are established up front, and specialist tickets such as ADR or HIAB are verified with renewal dates noted.
Temporary agency drivers solve today's gap and create tomorrow's problem. Freight Talent recruits permanent drivers only — and here is the honest reason why.
A driver who is on your payroll learns your routes, your customers and your vehicles. They take fewer wrong turns, damage less kit and represent your brand at the delivery door. A rotating cast of temporary cover never gets that far up the learning curve, and the daily rate you pay for it rarely looks cheap once you add induction time, vehicle damage, missed delivery windows and the management hours spent re-briefing someone new every week.
Permanent hiring also changes the calibre of driver you attract. The most experienced professional drivers — the ones with clean licences, long tenures and specialist tickets — are overwhelmingly looking for a permanent seat with a fleet they can settle into. Build the offer around that, and you compete for a better pool.
What you get from a specialist transport recruitment partner that a generalist can't offer.
Hiring beyond the cab? Our transport manager recruitment and transport planning desks cover the office, and 3PL recruitment handles contract logistics operations.
We are a specialist driving recruitment agency working on permanent placements only. That means we source, vet and introduce professional drivers who join your payroll directly — HGV Class 1 and Class 2, 7.5T, van and multi-drop, ADR, HIAB and specialist licences. We do not supply temporary or agency drivers; our entire model is built around employers who want a settled, permanent driving workforce.
Before any introduction we confirm the licence categories held, check for endorsements, verify Driver CPC status and the Driver Qualification Card expiry, confirm the tachograph card, and establish right to work. Where a role calls for ADR, HIAB or another specialist ticket, we verify that certification too and note its renewal date so nothing lapses shortly after the driver starts.
Yes. Many employers hire drivers and the office team that supports them at the same time. We run driver searches alongside our transport planning, transport manager and depot leadership desks as one coordinated campaign, so the planners and managers who join understand the fleet they are scheduling and the drivers arrive into a properly staffed operation.
It depends on the licence class, the location and how competitive the package is. Class 2 and 7.5T roles in well-populated areas typically move fastest; Class 1 tramping, ADR and specialist work take longer because the qualified pool is smaller. We will tell you honestly at briefing stage what the realistic timescale looks like for your role and region, and what would need to change in the offer to shorten it.
Send us the brief — vehicle, shift pattern, routes and package — and we'll come back with compliant, permanent drivers who want the job.
We recruit permanent professional drivers in every UK region — pick yours.