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Owner-Driver Jobs in Bedford

Owner-driver work in and around Bedford: you drive your own van, pick your days and keep 80% of each fixed-price job.

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Owner-Driver work in Bedford

We’re new in Bedford, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

Bedford, Bedford, is home to 97,226 people and covers MK41, MK40 and MK42, and the nearest towns are Kempston (2.2 miles), Wixams (3.6 miles), Wootton (4.4 miles) and Marston Moretaine (6.2 miles). No partner covers Bedford yet. A single item within Bedford pays you £23.20; a full van to Kempston pays £81.60.

How much work there is around Bedford

We’re new in Bedford, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

A full-van move from Bedford pays you £81.60 to Kempston (2.2 miles), £83.20 to Wixams (3.6 miles), £84 to Wootton (4.4 miles), £86.40 to Marston Moretaine (6.2 miles) and £87.20 to Sandy (7.1 miles).

Jobs start in MK41, MK40 and MK42 and the towns close by, and most stay within 15 miles. Longer ones go to Milton Keynes (14.7 miles) and Luton (17 miles) and London (45.9 miles).

What you earn from Bedford

JobCustomer paysYou get
Within Bedford: a single item£29£23.20
Within Bedford: half a van£46£36.80
Within Bedford: a full van, two people£102£81.60
Bedford to Kempston: a full van, two people£102£81.60
Bedford to Wixams: a full van, two people£104£83.20
Bedford to Wootton: a full van, two people£105£84
A 3-bed house (Luton, two people) from Bedford£183£146.40

Worked out by our quote engine with today’s prices: you keep 80% of every job. When the customer chooses two people, the extra £30 for your second person is all yours, on top.

Work out what you’d earn

About £185.60 a week, £804 a month, before your costs and tax.

Being an owner-driver with us in Bedford

You’re your own boss: the van, the days and the jobs you take around Bedford and Kempston are yours to choose. We find the customers, take the payment up front and send the job to your phone with the price, the items, the access and the route.

Where the work goes around Bedford

  • Permit parking
    Permit parking · 0.1 miles from the centre
  • St Cuthberts Arcade
    Retail park (collections) · 0.2 miles from the centre
  • The Arcade
    Retail park (collections) · 0.4 miles from the centre
  • Harpur Centre
    Retail park (collections) · 0.5 miles from the centre
  • Shurgard Self-Storage
    Self storage · 0.6 miles from the centre
  • Bedford St Johns
    Station · 0.8 miles from the centre
  • Bedford
    Station · 0.9 miles from the centre
  • Barkers Lane, Household Waste Recycling Centre
    Recycling centre (tip runs) · 0.9 miles from the centre

Bedford had 97,226 people at the 2021 Census. Permit zones and recycling centre rules are on each offer, so you know before you go.

Join in Bedford

  1. A driving licence, your van and hire-and-reward insurance

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Questions

How much work is there in Bedford?

We’re new in Bedford, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

What does a job pay from Bedford?

A single item within Bedford pays you £23.20, a full van with two people £81.60, a 3-bed house about £146.40. You keep 80%, plus the whole £30 when the customer adds a second person.

Where do jobs from Bedford go?

Mostly to Kempston (2.2 miles), Wixams (3.6 miles), Wootton (4.4 miles) and Marston Moretaine (6.2 miles), and sometimes to Milton Keynes and Luton. You set how far you’ll go.

Do I need my own van?

Yes: these jobs are for owner-drivers and small firms. No van? Help our drivers as a driver’s mate instead.