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C1 covers 3.5 to 7.5 tonne vehicles, and if you passed your car test before 1997 you may already hold it. WSUK places C1 drivers into multi-drop, home delivery and event work around Leamington Spa, on weekly PAYE pay.
C1 driver jobs around Leamington Spa cover vehicles from 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes — typically 7.5 tonne boxes and curtain-siders on multi-drop, home delivery and event work. Drivers who passed a car test before 1 January 1997 usually hold C1 automatically, though commercial driving still requires a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card. Rates near Leamington Spa run £13.00—£15.00 an hour, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Leamington Spa (CV31/CV34) sits within the northern M40 and M42 logistics sub-market - an extension of the Golden Triangle - with the M40 reachable at Junctions 13 and 14 and the A46 linking Coventry, Warwick and the M6. Tachbrook Park is the town's premier mixed-use business park, joined by Spa Park off Tachbrook Road, which delivered over half a million square feet of new distribution, production and R&D space, plus Precision Park and Harrison Way in the Heathcote area. The district's economy blends major distribution units, precision manufacturing and the games and technology cluster known as Silicon Spa, while nearby Gaydon and the wider Warwickshire auto sector - JLR and Aston Martin - anchor a dense automotive supply chain. Together these generate steady inbound and outbound freight through Leamington and neighbouring Warwick and Whitnash.
This mix drives ongoing demand to fill temporary driving jobs. Distribution and 3PL units need Class 1 (C+E) drivers for trunking on the M40 and A46; manufacturing and just-in-time automotive supply calls for Class 2 (C) drivers; and store, trade-counter and urban deliveries suit 7.5t (C1) and multi-drop van drivers. Demand rises around production schedules, retail peaks and holiday absence, when one empty seat disrupts a delivery window. WSUK supplies vetted Leamington drivers for temporary cover, ongoing contracts and multi-driver mobilisations, with DVLA licence and CPC checks, right-to-work verification, PAYE payroll and tacho and working-time compliance handled up front, scaling crews to match demand.
C1 sits in a useful gap: enough capacity to be worth sending, small enough to get into places an HGV cannot. That shapes the work.
Urban and suburban rounds with more volume than a van can carry but access an artic could never manage. Tail-lift and cage work is normal.
Two-person furniture, appliance and home delivery work, plus removals. Customer-facing, physical, and usually daytime.
Exhibition and event logistics, trade counter deliveries and mobile plant. Variable hours, often short intense runs around build-up and breakdown.
From our Midlands base we fill temporary driving jobs across Leamington Spa (CV31/CV34) and its estates - Tachbrook Park, Spa Park, Precision Park and Heathcote - supplying Class 1, Class 2, 7.5t and van drivers to distributors, manufacturers and 3PLs near the M40 and A46 for cover, peaks and short-notice shifts, backed by a single local point of contact.
Look at the back of your photocard. If C1 appears in the list of categories, you can already drive a 7.5 tonne vehicle — and if you passed your car test before 1 January 1997 it is very likely to be there, alongside a restricted C1+E. Two things to note: those pre-1997 entitlements have to be renewed at 70 with a medical, and driving commercially still requires a Driver CPC and a tacho card even though the licence itself came free. If you are not sure, send us your DVLA check code and we will tell you what you hold.
Indicative PAYE rates as a guide — actual pay varies by shift, experience and site, with premiums for nights, weekends and bank holidays. Every rate we advertise is at or above the National Living Wage.
| Role | Indicative pay |
|---|---|
| 7.5t (C1) Multi-Drop | £13.00–£14.50 / hr |
| 7.5t (C1) Home Delivery | £13.00–£14.50 / hr |
| 7.5t (C1) Nights | £13.75–£15.00 / hr |
| 7.5t (C1) Event & Trade | £13.00–£15.00 / hr |
| C1 with HIAB | £14.50–£16.50 / hr |
C1 suits drivers who want more than van work without taking an HGV test, and anyone with a pre-1997 licence who did not know they were already entitled.
A lot of people are entitled to C1 work and never use it. Checking takes us two minutes and can be worth a pound or two an hour.
From application to your first shift, with the checks and the payroll handled for you.
Tell us your licence, tickets and which shifts you can actually work.
A named consultant calls within 2 working hours to talk through what fits.
Right-to-work, references and the site induction handled before you start.
Start on shift, then paid weekly through PAYE with holiday accrued.
C1 work concentrates where vehicles need town-centre or residential access that an artic cannot manage — retail and trade counter deliveries, home delivery rounds and event logistics. Around Leamington Spa it tends to be daytime work with regular start times.
If C1 is listed on your photocard, yes — but for commercial work you also need a valid Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card, which grandfather rights do not provide. Send us your check code and we will tell you exactly what you still need before applying for work near Leamington Spa.
A goods vehicle between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes — typically a 7.5 tonne box van or curtain-sider. C1+E extends that to a trailer, though pre-1997 holders usually have a restricted version of it with a combined weight limit.
If you passed your car test before 1 January 1997, very probably. Those drivers were granted C1 and a restricted C1+E automatically. Check the categories listed on the back of your photocard, or send us your DVLA check code and we will read it for you.
Yes, for commercial driving. The licence entitlement and the Driver CPC are separate things, so holding C1 through grandfather rights does not give you a CPC. You need 35 hours of periodic training every five years, plus a digital tachograph card.
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Send your DVLA check code and we will confirm what you can drive, then match you to work around Leamington Spa. Reply within 2 working hours.