Quick update, received digicard Friday. Signing up with 3 agencies tomorrow.
For anyone wanting to know - my licence too 7 days to arrive from when I passed class 2 test and digicard took 8 days to arrive from the day I posted the form.
Great news, good luck on the job hunt! 
Thought I’d update this - got a call from my mates Dad last week saying he has some night work on the tippers, did my first night out last Thurs, picked the tipper up and went to the quarry to fill up with 20 tonnes of tarmac, drove 60 miles to newark to drop off at a roadworks site on a dual carriageway. Wasn’t allowed to tip onto the tarmac laying machine so got a tutorial for the next time. Seems you have to keep your foot firmly on the brake but also have to tip up when told to, not something I want to get wrong as I can’t imagine the roadworkers and wagons in front waiting would be too happy if I accidentally dropped 5 tonnes of tarmac on the road!
Got back at 1.30am and did a total of 150 miles - did pretty well for my first drive!
Woke up at 9.30am to a call from agency asking if I could cover for a guy who hadn’t turned up to a house removal job - so spent all day moving 2 houses and was asked at the end by the removals company if I could drive Monday. I said yes.
Sat had another tipper job expecting to fill it and drop off myself, got to quarry and was told the job was on hold due to weather. Waited three hours to be told it was cancelled so dropped the wagon off and went home. Good thing is I still got paid!
Today I drove a 7.5t box van for the removals company with another guy - moved 1 house.
All in all quite happy, the removals company said they should have more work for me which is good. Glad to be finally driving and earning!