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Bradford-based Driver Hire hit record £2 million a week turnover

Bradford-based Driver Hire, the transport and logistics recruitment company has just had its best ever trading week in the company’s thirty year history.

Strong demand for its temporary drivers and other logistics’ staff right across its nationwide network saw the company’s turnover for the week climb to £2 million.

The previous best, which was set during hectic trading in the run-up to Christmas 2013, was £1.95 million.

Chris Chidley, Driver Hire’s chief executive officer said: “We’ve made history this week – a fantastic achievement,” says . “Our success is being driven by a number of factors.

“There’s increasing confidence in the economy generally. As the vast majority of goods travel by road, whether it’s industrial or retail, there’s clearly increasing demand for drivers.

“And of course, the fact that we’re at the peak of the holiday season makes it easy to see why there is such massive demand for our services. “

“Even before our record week we were 25% up on same time last year. That proved to be our best ever year, so understandably I’m very excited by where we could end this year.”

“Our strong performance is based on much more than seasonal factors. Our brand has a great reputation within the industry. As a result customers across the country are clearly turning to Driver Hire, who they regard as the quality supplier they know they can rely on to deliver.”

The company’s eservices online offering is also adding significant levels of income. Its most recently launched service, dh Licence Check, an online driving licence checking system, is proving to be extremely popular with customers.

In the six months since its launch, dh Licence Check is producing a revenue run rate of £300k. Driver Hire is predicting that this will have increased to £500k by the financial year end.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .