First anniversary for Croydon and Nottingham franchisees
September 12, 2017
The 12th September 2017 sees Tony Goacher (Croydon) and Andy O’Donnell (Nottingham) celebrate their first year as Driver Hire franchisees. Tony was no stranger to the Driver Hire network when he bought the Croydon resale, having previously been a member of the Driver Hire senior management team before deciding to become his own boss. Having […]
New owner at Driver Hire’s Carlisle franchise
September 6, 2017
A huge welcome to our new Driver Hire Carlisle franchisee – Marc Harrison. Previously, Marc was a member of Driver Hire’s head office franchise support team. “I joined Driver Hire four years ago and absolutely love the business,” says Marc. “Because I was working closely with Driver Hire franchises across the UK I’ve learnt a […]
Driver Hire franchisee is business woman award winner
August 7, 2017
Huge congratulations to Jayne O’Flynn, director and joint franchisee at Driver Hire Grimsby & Scunthorpe, who recently collected the Work Wise Women Grimsby ‘Business Woman of the Year’ award. Work Wise Women (WWW) is a local women’s business networking group with the key aim of improving opportunities and knowledge for women in business in the […]
Customer and candidate vote puts Belfast in top spot
June 20, 2017
The Maxwells – that’s Diane, brother Danny and daughter Danielle – are the family behind the ongoing success of Driver Hire’s franchised office in Belfast. Their outstanding business performance has earned them a national award – the ‘2017 Family Business of the Year Awards, People’s Choice, North of England & Northern Ireland’ category. They also […]
Driver Hire celebrates thirty years in franchising
May 15, 2017
At Driver Hire we’re celebrating a special anniversary. It’s thirty years since Driver Hire sold its first franchise – in Newcastle on 15th May 1987. Since then, our network has grown to 100 offices across the UK. “In the 1980s Driver Hire’s founders wanted to expand. They saw that franchising was a great way to […]
Driver Hire named one of the UK’s best places to work
May 5, 2017
Franchised business Driver Hire Nationwide has been named as one of the best workplaces in the UK. Ranked 51 in Great Place to Work®’s annual list of the best workplace cultures, published in The Guardian on the 4th May. Great Place to Work® has been measuring the health and success of UK workplaces since 2000. […]
Ayrshire & Dumfries are national franchisee finalists
May 2, 2017
Donald McClymont, owner of Driver Hire Ayrshire & Dumfries, is into the final round of the British Franchise Association (bfa) HSBC ‘Franchisee of the Year’ awards, nominated in the ‘Customer Focus’ category. Donald initially bought the business as a joint franchisee in 2005. He became sole franchisee in 2013. Under his leadership, working alongside Gordon […]
Driver Hire celebrates record trading year as turnover exceeds £100m
April 24, 2017
It’s been another outstanding year for our franchisees at Driver Hire. Nearly half of them are celebrating an annual turnover in excess of £1m. For the Driver Hire network this has resulted in another successful record year – our fourth in succession. Network turnover for the financial year ended March 2017 was £100.5m – the […]
Expanding local coverage in the Manchester area
March 28, 2017
A fantastic franchise opportunity in Manchester has enabled our Driver Hire network to get even more local with the recruitment and training services we provide, with the opening of a new office in Whitefield. Named Driver Hire Manchester West the areas which the new office covers include; Atherton, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Salford, Swinton and Worsley. The […]
