Warehouse Staff Agency in Hawick

Hawick sits on a corridor rather than in a conurbation — the freight passing through is heading somewhere else and the local work is agricultural, forestry or ferry-linked.

The freight geography around Hawick runs on the M74 and A74(M), the A75 Irish Sea route, the A7, A68 and A1, plus the Cairnryan ferry terminals for Belfast and Larne. Operators draw on the A75 Irish Sea freight route through Castle Douglas and Newton Stewart and the employers booking temporary staff here are typically Anglo-Scottish trunking operators and groupage hauliers.

The trunk corridor generates its own demand: operators based elsewhere need drivers changed over or vehicles recovered part way along a long route.

Overnight trunking on the M74 and A74(M), the Anglo-Scottish backbone leg.

Warehouse cover runs around the clock on large sites — mornings, afternoons, twilight and nights, with 4-on-4-off and weekend blocks. Peak brings additional twilight and weekend shifts.

The same group of people across a peak block is a fundamentally better proposition than a rolling cast at the same headcount. The induction is paid for once, the system training is paid for once and by the second week the floor is running at something like the rate the plan assumed. That is the case for booking peak as a continuous block rather than restocking it weekly.

Every worker is on PAYE and receives a Key Information Document before terms are agreed, setting out the pay cycle, who employs them and what is deducted. Nothing is charged to a worker for finding them work. Holiday accrues under the Working Time Regulations and shows on the payslip rather than folded invisibly into a rate.

Equal treatment on pay and basic conditions applies after 12 weeks in the same role under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. We hold the count per worker per role and raise it with you before the threshold rather than on the invoice that follows it.