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Wednesday October 10th is World Mental Health Day. Organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the aim of the day is to promote mental health education, awareness and advocacy. At work, professional drivers are recognised as a particularly high-risk group. And that’s one of the reasons why Driver Hire, the leading national transport & logistics recruitment franchisor, is supporting this annual event.  “If you’ve got a bad back or a heavy cold, it’s usually pretty clear to your colle...

Pascal Giraud has bought Driver Hire’s Chelmsford franchise from long-standing owner, David Quinn. Franchising for over 30 years, Driver Hire provides temporary and permanent drivers and other logistics staff to local and national organisations in both the public and private sector. If they’re short of staff – perhaps because of illness, holidays or seasonal demand – Driver Hire will supply them with a suitable replacement. Pascal has an interesting CV. Originally from Paris, he’s lived in t...

Dwyer Franchising, LLC (“Dwyer Group”), one of the world’s largest parent companies of home service brands, has announced that it is changing its corporate name to Neighborly, effective immediately. The decision follows the rapid success of the consumer-facing Neighborly platform developed a little more than a year ago to unite all of its service franchise brands under one umbrella. The new trade name supports the community of home service experts’ approach for providing an easier way for peop...

Driver Hire, the leading transport & logistics specialist recruitment company is a key partner in this year’s National Lorry Week (15-21 September). Now into its 4th year, National Lorry Week celebrates the often overlooked role that lorries – and the road transport industry in general – play in our everyday lives. “Without the lorry, supermarket shelves would be empty, we’d soon be running short of petrol and UK industry would quickly grind to a halt,” says Simon Johnston, Network Development...

The outstanding levels of franchisee support delivered by Driver Hire’s in-house franchise marketing team has earned it a place at the finals of the 2018 national ‘Franchise Marketing Awards’ Now into their 13th year, the Franchise Marketing Awards have become a highly-coveted accolade within the industry, celebrating innovative marketing campaigns and effective marketing support offered by franchisors to their franchisees. The 2018 awards are sponsored by AW Digital. Driver Hire Fran...

Dwyer Group, one of the world’s largest parent companies of home service brands, has expanded its Drain Doctor franchise locations to 53, with two new franchise owners coming on board – Carl Butterfield and Steve and Myles Lawless. Carl Butterfield took over the management of Drain Doctor within the Gloucestershire franchise territory in June and continues to work with Ruth Ryder, office manager, who has been keeping the franchise business running effectively for the past year following the pas...