Don’t know if anyone has heard but there is a new agency set up. The guy running it is a mate of mine and he is looking for decent drivers for trunking mainly. He asked me to work for himm but I’m on a cushy hours, well-paid night shunting number so I turned him down.
Can’t tell you much, as I, like others have signed with almost every agency in the phone book and never heard another word.
However, the guy is a class 1 driver and a decent bloke who got fed up with lying agencies and was convinced he could do a better job and tell people if there isn’t any work, rather than stringing them along. So he’s giving it a go. He has a few contracts lined up and all I can say is that if you are straight with him, he’ll be straight with you. There’s nothing worse than unreliable/bad drivers letting you down at the last minute. It’s kind of catch 22 with agencies really. We have them at work and some are reliable and some are mickey takers. As such, most guys at our lace have no respect for agency guys.
I’ve been on the other side of it too, as an agency driver who has been shafted continually by agencies who claim they have work and don’t.
If you’re in the area, not working and struggling to find agency work, what do you have to lose??
07724720226
The guy is called Darren Coates.