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HGV driver recruitment in Southampton

568 organisations in Southampton hold a Home Office sponsor licence, 25 of them in Transport and logistics or Wholesale. We place HGV drivers with Southampton employers on the Skilled Worker route, trade tested before travel, with the Certificate of Sponsorship and visa handled with you. If you do not hold a licence yet, we walk you through it. No retainer. Nothing charged to the candidate.

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Who is already licensed

Southampton employers in Transport and logistics and Wholesale who can sponsor

Newest on the register first. Each holds a licence today; several are your competitors.

  1. AS
    A&S Courier services LTDSouthampton · Hampshire · Transport and logisticsSince 2022 · Unlicensed carrier
  2. AS
    ACME Shipping & LogisticsSouthampton · Transport and logisticsSince 2008 · Freight transport by road
  3. AL
    Avp Logistics LtdSouthampton · Transport and logisticsSince 2025 · Freight transport by road
  4. BW
    Bishops Waltham Removals LtdSouthampton · Hampshire · Transport and logisticsSince 2001 · Removal services
  5. CA
    Carnival PlcSouthampton · Transport and logisticsSince 2000 · Sea and coastal freight water transport
  6. KC
    Kershaw Chauffeur Services LtdSouthampton · Hampshire · Transport and logisticsSince 2022 · Taxi operation
  7. PM
    Peters & May LimitedSouthampton · United Kingdom · Transport and logisticsSince 1988 · Other service activities incidental to land tr…
  8. RA
    Robosys Automation LtdSouthampton · Hampshire · Transport and logisticsSince 2019 · Service activities incidental to water transpo…
  9. AE
    Arkaya Energy LimitedSouthampton · Hampshire · WholesaleSince 2016 · Non-specialised wholesale trade
  10. AW
    Arrow Wholesale Group LtdSouthampton · WholesaleSince 2020 · Non-specialised wholesale trade
  11. CA
    Cabipa LimitedSouthampton · Hampshire · WholesaleSince 2012 · Wholesale of petroleum and petroleum products
  12. DE
    Danson Electrical UK LtdSouthampton · WholesaleSince 2015 · Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications…

All sponsors in Southampton

The local market

What the register says about Southampton

Southampton sits in Hampshire. The sponsors here are mostly in retail, then hospitality, professional and technical services, social care and care homes. Of the 568 licensed sponsors here, the ones who take on HGV drivers are the ones worth approaching first.

What they do

Licensed sponsors in Southampton, by industry

Within reach

Sponsors in the towns around Southampton

A driver or a fitter will travel for the right job, so these count too. The number is licensed sponsors in that town.

How we fill it

Trade tested, paperwork handled, fixed fee

1. The test

Practical drive with a qualified assessor, reversing and coupling, a walk-round check, and the licence conversion route confirmed for your country before you travel. In Johannesburg, Manila or a partner centre, before anyone travels. You get the score sheet.

How the test is run

2. The paperwork

Certificate of Sponsorship, visa application, right to work checks, with you at every step. No licence yet? We walk you through the application.

3. The landing

Flights, accommodation, NI number, bank account and phone sorted, and someone checking in with them after they start, so they stay.

4. The fee

A fixed fee per placement, invoiced when they start. No retainer, no startup fee, and nothing is ever charged to the candidate.

For employers in Southampton

Tell us how many hgv drivers you need and when

A recruiter rings you back within one working day with candidates we already have trade tested, the sponsorship timeline as it stands, and a fixed fee. No retainer, nothing charged to the candidate, and nothing to sign until you have seen people.

How it works first

For candidates

What you need to work here

  • A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
  • A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
  • A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.

Full requirements and how to apply

Register with Sama

Tell us your trade and we will tell you what we have

Five fields, under a minute. A recruiter reads every one. You never pay us anything, at any stage, and we will say plainly if we have nothing for you.

See live jobs first

After they land

What we give the person you hire

Free, and not conditional on anything. A placement that fails usually fails in the first month, and it is rarely about the work.

Settling in SouthamptonThe paperwork in order, the official finders for a doctor and a National Insurance number, and the local shops, places of worship and clubs other workers there have added.Their rights at work, in writingWe tell every candidate exactly what they are owed and who enforces it. An employer with nothing to hide gains from that.Free practice testsEnglish and the rules of the road, so a driver arrives knowing which side and which limits, not learning them on your insurance.

Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.