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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 Nottingham, on weekly PAYE pay.
C1 driver jobs around Nottingham 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 Nottingham run £13.00—£15.00 an hour, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Nottingham anchors the northern Golden Triangle, sitting close to the M1 at Junctions 24, 25 and 26 with the A52, A453, A46, A60 and A610 spreading across the East Midlands. To the south-west, the SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway beside East Midlands Airport and M1 J23A/J24 is a rail-connected distribution hub with its own strategic rail-freight interchange, drawing major retail and 3PL occupiers. Closer in, industrial and distribution estates at Colwick, Castle Marina, Blenheim near Bulwell and Beeston - long associated with Boots - carry warehousing, food and manufacturing operators. The airport adds air-freight, and the combination of motorway, rail and air makes Nottingham a genuinely multimodal logistics city, running continuous rigid and articulated flows between the Gateway, city estates and national networks.
That multimodal weight drives strong demand to fill temporary driving jobs. Rail-linked RDCs and retail distribution need Class 1 (C+E) trunking and shuttle drivers; 3PL, food and pallet operators call for Class 2 (C) drivers; and store, fulfilment and urban deliveries suit 7.5t (C1) and multi-drop van drivers. Volumes surge around retail peaks, promotions and holiday absence, when one unfilled cab disrupts a shift at a hub like the East Midlands Gateway. WSUK supplies vetted Nottingham drivers for temporary cover, ongoing contracts and multi-driver mobilisations, with DVLA licence and CPC verification, right-to-work checks, PAYE payroll and tacho and working-time compliance handled up front, scaling crews up or down as demand moves.
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 Golden Triangle base we fill temporary driving jobs across Nottingham - the East Midlands Gateway, Colwick, Castle Marina and Blenheim - supplying Class 1, Class 2, 7.5t and van drivers to rail-linked RDCs, 3PLs and hauliers on the M1 (J24-J26), A52 and A453 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 Nottingham 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 Nottingham.
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 Nottingham. Reply within 2 working hours.