Hiring a customs specialist in Nottingham? We check the declarations experience first, then everything else.
Forwarding is judged on margin, accuracy and the customer's next booking. We recruit people who protect all three.
Nottingham anchors the northern East Midlands, minutes from the East Midlands Gateway rail-freight terminal and the air-freight hub at East Midlands Airport. We recruit the forwarders and customs specialists who keep that trade moving.
Time-zone work, early cut-offs and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.
Businesses at sites such as the M1 corridor parks, East Midlands Gateway and the distribution sites around Junction 26 compete for the same experienced customs people, which pushes salaries up.
Permanent forwarding roles matched to mode, lanes and systems.
We ask which booking and customs systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
We benchmark salary, commission and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Nottingham run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
A clear offer shortens the search. We give you a current read on pay for the role before it goes live. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and customers.
We ask about any restrictions in a candidate's current contract before an offer is made.
We help settle salary, commission and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
For Nottingham businesses growing their trade, the right permanent forwarder brings in new volume as well as handling it.
Notice periods and contract restrictions can shape start dates, so we plan the timeline from the first call.
A strong forwarding brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.
Yes. We recruit forwarding BDMs and ask about the business they have won, not just the targets they were set.
Yes. We cover businesses across the East Midlands. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. For branch manager roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.
Good systems, fair commission, a manageable workload and a clear path to account management.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Nottingham:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Nottingham.
One brief covers a single operator or a team for a new branch.