because jan-feb are usually quiet…and now its march,things start picking up.just this afternoon,my old agency have been in contact...to see if im available for work.
Jenson Button:
commonrail:
laughingboy007:
Can anyone tell me what the rules are for so called self employed through an agency.had a run in with mine last week and after weeks of being messed about just said I wasn’t doing it, so got my shift the next day cancelled and all my shifts for this week taken off me.what come back do I have if any, and who regulates the agency/self-employed ? . or is just a case of find another agency, and let them win again.don
t worry about it....theyll be on the phone before the weeks out.they are trying to scare you with the prospesct of getting no work…just so youll do what ever they say. dont fall for it.
next time they phone,tell em your unavailable(even if you are)…don`t let em think you are relying on them alone…and do not let them intimidate you.
work should start hotting up now…there is no way they will want to lose a decent driver from their books.Why do you say that work should start hotting up ? we are being phoned all day every day by agencies looking to place drivers at the moment.
Unless your on Lundy,
there’s plenty of work around for all during the runup to easter and all. Fair enough, it might drop off a bit after that, but it already seems busier than this time last year…
I even got a call this week from another agency offering me yet another last minute single shift, despite me telling them a week ago I was already flat out this week… “Oh I hoped you’d get cancelled, and be available” was the reply. 
When given a block of work, I’ve NEVER been cancelled. On the other hand, shifts I’ve been “given” with 2 hours to spare HAVE been cancelled with 5 minutes to spare on more than one occasion… A week’s worth of leave cover is worth a thousand times more than a singleton “guy went sick” shift that everyone else has already turned down… 
I’m pretty sure I’m not wrong with my idea that the balance of power remains with the drivers who won’t be lickcocks. 