Driver Setup Limited Driver Setup Limited

Trained Today. Supported Always. Ready Tomorrow.

Drivers placed by someone who has done the job.

Permanent HGV placements across Kent and the South East. Ten years on the road, time spent running a depot, and no interest in sending anyone somewhere they will not stay.

I'm a driver I need drivers

For Drivers

Permanent work, no timesheets

We place drivers into permanent jobs with local hauliers. Not shifts, not chasing an agency on a Friday afternoon to find out why you have been paid short.

Free, always

You will never be charged for us finding you work. Charging a driver a fee is against the law and we would not do it regardless.

Newly qualified welcome

Passed your test and every advert wants two years' experience? We work with employers who will take a first-jobber if someone has actually checked you out.

We know the job

Drivers' hours, tacho rules, what a tramping week really looks like. You will not be sold a role by somebody who has never sat in the seat.

Jobs we're working on now

See something that fits? Put your details in below and say which one — we'll come back to you the same day.

We only ask for the basics here. Licence checks, CPC and references come later, once there is a real job on the table — never through a web form.

Driver CPC — opening soon

Your 35 hours, without losing a shift

Every course provider in Kent runs midweek, in the day, which costs a working driver a day's pay on top of the fee. We are setting ours up for evenings and weekends, delivered remotely, in 3.5-hour blocks you can fit round a shift.

Pay as you go

Book a 3.5-hour module or a full seven-hour day when it suits you. Hours are uploaded to DVSA for you.

Or spread it monthly

Your seven hours a year covered, your card and expiry dates tracked, and first pick of dates before they go public. Cancel any time on five working days' notice.

Evenings and weekends

3.5-hour blocks, delivered remotely, so you are not giving up a shift to sit in a classroom in Ashford on a Tuesday.

See what it costs →

National or International — get this right first

Driver CPC now splits in two. National can be taken as 3.5-hour blocks on any days you like, which is what makes evenings possible. International must be seven hours, and if it is split the two halves have to be on consecutive days. A driver who takes all 35 hours as National cannot drive in Europe, and would have to do the full 35 again to get it back. Sat where we are, next to Dover, we will ask before you book — not after.

If you are self-employed, this comes off your tax

CPC periodic training keeps a qualification you already hold, for work you already do — so for most self-employed and owner-drivers it is an allowable business expense against your profits. That takes a meaningful chunk off what it really costs you. Your accountant will tell you exactly what it is worth at your rate.

Where are you up to?

Most drivers have no idea until the card is nearly out. Put your two numbers in and it will tell you what is left and whether you are behind.

Hours you have already done
Month your card runs out

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We are going through approval now. Nothing is bookable yet and there is nothing to pay. Put your name down and you will be first to hear when dates open — it also tells us which evenings to run.

No payment, no commitment, and we will not pass your details to anyone. If we do not get approved, we will tell you and that will be the end of it.

For Employers

One fee, on the day they start

Permanent driver recruitment for hauliers across Kent and the South East. No retainers, nothing up front, and a full refund if they walk inside four weeks.

Vetted properly

Licence and CPC checked, two written references taken, and copies of everything in your hands before you meet them.

Rebate as standard

Full refund inside four weeks, half up to eight, a quarter up to twelve. Written into the terms every time.

Judged by a driver

Every agency can forward a CV. We can tell you whether someone will still be there in six months, because we have worked alongside enough who were not.

Drivers on our books right now

No names and no CVs on a public page — that protects the drivers and it's how we keep good ones. Tell us what the work is and we'll put the right one in front of you.

We will come back to you the same day wherever possible, with a straight answer on whether we can fill it.

Compliance

Driver compliance, handled by a driver

The reports are the easy part — anyone can sell you tacho analysis. What changes behaviour is someone ringing the lad who has picked up three infringements this month and explaining why it matters. That conversation lands differently coming from somebody who has done the job.

We read the data

Driver cards and vehicle units analysed every month, with an infringement report in plain English and the repeat offenders flagged. Licences, CPC cards, medicals and calibration dates tracked so nothing expires quietly.

We speak to the driver

Repeat offenders get a call, driver to driver, not a letter from the office. Letters drafted for you to issue, debrief notes written up for the file.

You keep the licence

We support whoever holds the transport manager role. Nothing goes out in your name, and responsibility stays where the law puts it.

Three levels, from 12 drivers up — see what it costs →

How would you do if they turned up tomorrow?

Ten questions, honestly answered, about how your own operation runs. Nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is stored — the score appears at the bottom of this page and goes no further.

What this is not

It is not a transport manager service. We do not go on your operator's licence, we do not write to DVSA or anyone else on your behalf, and nothing leaves your business in your name — we produce it, you issue it. Thirty days' notice, no tie-in, cancel whenever you like.

Pricing

What it all costs

Everything in one place. Placement fees are quoted per role and are not listed here — ask and we will tell you on the first call.

Compliance membership

Essentials

£195 / month

Up to 12 drivers

  • Tachograph analysis, driver cards and vehicle units, every month
  • Infringement report in plain English, worst offenders flagged
  • Expiry tracking — licences, CPC cards, medicals, calibration
  • A number to ring for drivers' hours questions
  • A reduced rate on permanent placements

Managed

£395 / month

Up to 30 drivers

  • We speak to the driver. Repeat offenders get a call, driver to driver, not a letter from the office
  • Monthly review call on what the data actually showed
  • Infringement letters drafted for you to issue, on your letterhead
  • Debrief notes written up for your driver files
  • Your handbook and standing instructions kept current

Everything in Essentials, plus the above.

High volume

From £750 / month

30 drivers and up

  • Weekly reporting instead of monthly
  • On-site driver sessions at your yard
  • Compliance checks on every new driver at onboarding
  • Working time monitoring alongside drivers' hours

Everything in Managed, plus the above.

Thirty days' notice, no tie-in. All membership fees are exclusive of VAT.

Driver CPC

Pay as you go

£39 / module

3.5 hours, one session

  • Seven-hour day — £75
  • All 35 hours — £390
  • Book what you need, when you need it
  • Hours uploaded to DVSA for you

Monthly

£7 / month

Spread, not cheaper — and that's the point

  • Two modules a year — your seven hours, covered
  • We track your card and expiry dates so it never creeps up on you
  • First pick of dates before they go public
  • Cancel any time, five working days' notice

£84 a year against £78 paying as you go. The £6 buys you never facing a £390 bill and never letting a card lapse.

Not bookable yet — we are going through approval. Put your name down and you will hear first.

Owner-Driver Admin Pack

The twelve documents in the Owner-Driver Admin Pack

If you run your own unit, nobody hands you the forms. Twelve documents — the set we use ourselves, cleaned of any real business data and ready to put your own name on.

  • Daily walkaround check & defect report
  • Driver day sheet
  • Compliance document checklist
  • Fuel log — Excel, totals built in
  • Invoice template — Excel, with a rate card and an overdue tracker
  • Day rate calculator — what you have to charge to clear the money you actually want
  • Going self-employed — the first 30 days, in the order they matter
  • Health & safety policy — statement of intent, organisation, arrangements
  • Driver risk assessment — 18 hazards already scored, with controls
  • RAMS template — the format contractors and RDCs ask for before they let you on site
  • Six safe systems of work — coupling, load securing, working at height, reversing, tipping, site access
  • Accident & incident report — with investigation, root cause and the RIDDOR triggers on the form

£39.99

One payment. Yours to keep, reuse and put your own name on.

Get the pack

Self-employed? Like the CPC training, this is a business cost — have a word with your accountant.

Questions

The ones we get asked

Does it cost me anything as a driver?

No, and it never will. Charging a work-seeker a fee for finding them work is against the law in this country, and we would not do it anyway. The employer pays us when you start.

CPC training is a separate thing you choose to buy or not, and it has no bearing on whether we put you forward for a job.

Are you an agency? Can you cover me for a day?

No. We place drivers into permanent jobs. We do not do day-to-day agency cover, we do not supply someone for a Tuesday, and we do not run a rota.

If you need cover tomorrow morning, we are the wrong people — say so and we will tell you who is not.

What happens if the driver does not work out?

Full refund if they do not complete their first week. A third back if they leave inside eight weeks. Nothing after that.

It is written into the terms every time, not offered as a favour when something goes wrong.

Would you be our transport manager?

No. We do not hold a Transport Manager CPC and we will not go on your operator's licence.

The compliance membership supports whoever does hold that role — the analysis, the reporting, the driver-facing conversations. Responsibility for the licence stays where it legally has to, with you.

What is the difference between National and International CPC?

National can be taken in 3.5-hour blocks on any days, which is what makes evening courses possible. International has to be seven hours, and if it is split the two halves must fall on consecutive days.

The catch: a driver whose whole 35 hours are National cannot drive in Europe, and would have to do all 35 again to get that back. If there is any chance you will cross the Channel, do the International format.

How quickly can you fill a vacancy?

It depends entirely on what the job is and what it pays. A well-paid Class 1 day job in Medway is a different proposition from nights on a difficult multi-drop.

We will tell you honestly on the first call whether we think we can fill it, and we would rather say no than take your time and come back empty-handed in a month.

Where do you cover?

Kent and the South East, with most of our work around Sheppey, Sittingbourne, the Medway towns, Maidstone and Aylesford. CPC training, once approved, will be delivered remotely, so location matters far less for that.

Why Driver Setup

Run by a driver, not a salesperson

Most driver agencies are staffed by recruiters who have never held a licence. That is the difference, and it shows up in who stays.

Ten years on the road

Class 1, tramping, trunking, multi-drop. The work being recruited for is work that has actually been done.

Depot experience

Time spent on the other side of it — covering a Monday with nobody available, and dealing with the fallout of a bad hire.

Compliance is not an afterthought

Drivers' hours, tachograph rules, CPC and licence checking handled properly, because getting it wrong lands on your O-licence and not ours.