THE owners of a Worcester business that hires out commercial drivers has picked up another national award.

Sue and Vance Parsons, won run Driver Hire Hereford & Worcester in King Street, are already winners of startups.com franchisee of the year award, they’ve now added Driver Hire’s new franchisee of the year award due to the outstanding levels of trading they’ve achieved during their first full year in business.

Driver Hire, which has a nationwide network of over 100 offices, provides temporary and permanent drivers and other logistics staff to businesses and organisations across the UK. They help when customers need extra staff to deal with holidays, illness or business expansion.

Jeremy Neale, Driver Hire’s UK managing director, said: “This award is well deserved. It reflects what has been a truly outstanding business performance by Sue and Vance. Since joining our franchise network, they’ve fully engaged with Driver Hire and taken full advantage of the help and support we offer all our franchisees. What also impressed us were their efforts to recruit more drivers – essential for the long-term success of the business. As this award shows, they’re now clearly reaping the benefits.”

Mr Parsons added: “We’ve enjoyed an exceptional first year with Driver Hire. Of course success like this doesn’t come without an awful lot of hard work. Because we’re a 24/7 business that means the occasional disturbed night’s sleep. It’s great to have our efforts recognised and, with the opening of our new office in Hereford, we’re looking forward to pushing on from here.”

The Parsons first opened their doors for business in October 2013 as a brand new franchise with no customers and no drivers. Since then they’ve gone from strength to strength. With another two months’ trading still to go in the current financial year, they’ve already smashed their business plan sales target. Every week they are finding regular work for more than 50 local drivers.