Increase in demand for UK drivers
Right4staff has recorded a 25% increase in the demand for temporary drivers across its UK network. Melissa Carslake, managing director (South) at right4staff, believes these figures show the industry is starting to make a come back as the economy slowly improves.
“For the past eighteen months the demand for drivers dropped to unprecedented lows but now we are experiencing a surge in demand. During the recession, businesses had to shrink their in-house fleet to cut costs but as the market has improved there is now a significant shortage of drivers. At right4staff we have to work hard to meet the demands of our clients which is good news for LGV drivers as more and more jobs are becoming readily available.”
Right4staff’s increased demand is backed up by figures from Skills For Logistics. They found that in May 2009 there was a total of 4,695 LGV driver vacancies but a year later in May 2010 this had risen to 13,299 vacancies – an increase of 183%.
