{"id":17892,"date":"2023-03-09T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=17892"},"modified":"2023-03-10T16:18:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T16:18:20","slug":"technology-driven-expansion-for-driver-hire-franchisees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/technology-driven-expansion-for-driver-hire-franchisees\/","title":{"rendered":"TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN EXPANSION FOR DRIVER HIRE FRANCHISEES"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Driver Hire franchisees are benefiting from a major investment in new technology which is enabling them to expand their existing territories into previously hard to reach postcode areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the UK\u2019s leading logistics recruitment specialist, we already have the most extensive network, with over 100 offices covering the whole of the country. Even so, it can be harder to get close to our customers. Equally, potential candidates are put off by the travel time to their nearest Driver Hire office,\u201d says Jeremy Neale, Driver Hire\u2019s Managing Director, UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing government legislative changes, relating to the checking of Right to Work documents, Driver Hire has developed a new virtual recruitment platform. This has increased the pool of quality candidates franchisees are able to offer clients, which means we can meet ever-growing demand for our services.\u201d<\/p>\n

The online registration platform allows candidates to be checked, interviewed and hired virtually, without the need for physical checks or an in-person meeting. Checks are carried out using a legally compliant facial recognition system, and this is combined with a one-to-one video interview with a Driver Hire recruiter. It can improve the recruitment experience for candidates and increases productivity for our staff.<\/p>\n

With a wider pool of local candidates, Driver Hire franchisees are now able to expand their highly rated, personal customer service* to cover new areas. The first three offices to take advantage of this were Crewe, Milton Keynes and Southampton who, respectively, now have offices covering Congleton, Buckingham and Winchester.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were already supplying drivers and other staff to a number of local businesses and national companies who have depots in Congleton,\u201d says Lee Statham, owner of Driver Hire Crewe. \u201cFollowing the recent developments, we can deliver the local, personalised service we pride ourselves on right across the Congleton territory. We\u2019re looking forward to meeting the staffing needs of other local businesses and organisations in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Driver Hire \u2013 which is marking its 40th year in business — provides temporary and permanent drivers and other logistics staff to local and national organisations in both the public and private sector. If they\u2019re short of staff \u2013 perhaps because of illness, holidays, or seasonal demand \u2013 Driver Hire will supply them with a suitable replacement. It\u2019s currently heading for an all-time record trading year.<\/p>\n

*In Driver Hire\u2019s 2022 annual customer survey, 98% of respondents rated Driver Hire\u2019s customer service as excellent or good \u2013 79% chose \u2018excellent\u2019. Survey results from 444 customers.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Driver Hire franchisees are benefiting from a major investment in new technology which is enabling them to expand their existing territories into previously hard to reach postcode areas. \u201cAs the UK\u2019s leading logistics recruitment specialist, we already have the most extensive network, with over 100 offices covering the whole of the country. Even so, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-driver-hire","category-recruitment-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VT-Virtual-hiring-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}