As the HGV driver shortage continues to impact many industries in the UK, employers are advertising driving jobs with bumped salaries and joining bonuses in an effort to recruit new workers.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a significant delay in HGV driver tests - meaning there are fewer workers to meet with an increased demand.
As a result, companies are offering salaries over £40,000 to try and entice potential workers to deliver food, fuel and other assorted goods across the country.
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The industry's trade body the Road Haulage Association (RHA) stated that there is currently a shortfall of around 100,000 drivers, which has contributed to many problems such as the petrol crisis and supermarket shortages, as reported by Glasgow Live.
Managing Director of Policy & Public Affairs at the RHA told BBC Newsnight: "We have got a shortage of 100,000 [drivers].
"When you think that everything we get in Britain comes on the back of a lorry, whether it's fuel or food or clothes or whatever it is, at some point, if there are no drivers to drive those trucks, the trucks aren't moving and we're not getting our stuff."
Because of this higher demand, companies are willing to pay more to hire new drivers in and around Edinburgh.
HGV Driver jobs in Edinburgh
Contract logistics company GXO Logistics are among the employers advertising new positions on Indeed, looking for an HGV Class 1 Driver for a salary of between £41,000 and £50,000.
The position, which is based in Livingston, offers a guaranteed 50-hour work week with an average of 10 hours per day, and the company also states that paid breaks and holiday pay are provided.
Elsewhere, Aldi are advertising a fixed term HGV Driver position in Bathgate for £14.15 an hour.
Johnsons Hotel Linen, one of the UK's largest hotel laundry and linen providers, are looking for an HGV Driver Class 2, with an estimated salary of £30,000.
The position will involve an average of 45 working hours per week, and the company states that applicants "must be prepared to be flexible in your approach to working hours including weekends.
Booker Group, a British food wholesale operator and subsidiary of Tesco, is advertising for an 18T Delivery Driver with a salary of £30,800 per year.
Again, the successful applicant will work 45 hours per week and is expected to work some weekends.
Bidfood, "a leading wholesale food distributor covering the whole of Scotland consisting of four depots", are offering £35,000 a year to a potential LGV Driver (Class 2) who is willing to work five out of seven days including weekends.
Pertemps are looking for Weekend 7.5t Drivers over the Christmas period to "to help service" the Edinburgh Royal Mail Centre.
The positions are open to all HGV/LGV C or C1 Class 2 or 7.5t drivers looking for work, and will pay between £14.38 and £22.16 per hour.
Waste management company Biffa is offering an "attractive joining bonus" in addition to its £28-32k starting salary that gives an equivalent hourly rate of £13.70.
Smart Solutions are "urgently seeking a Class 2 LGV Driver/Loader" for their client's waste and recycling operation, and are offering a bonus on top of their £12.04 per hour salary, giving an equivalent hourly wage of £13.70
Also offering a joining bonus is Tesco, who are recruiting HGV drivers nationwide in the run-up to Christmas.
Successful applicants will be given £1,000 if they sign up with the company before November 30.
In addition to Tesco, Asda are also looking for both part-time and full-time HGV drivers in Grangemouth, for those willing to travel a bit outside of Edinburgh.
As well as an hourly rate of £12.02, recruits will be given a £1200 "welcome bonus", which will be paid in six £200 instalments.
