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Owner-Driver Jobs in Shaftesbury

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

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Owner-Driver work in Shaftesbury

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

Shaftesbury, Dorset, is home to 9,163 people and covers SP7, and the nearest towns are Gillingham (4.3 miles), Wincanton (10.1 miles) and Blandford Forum (10.3 miles). No partner covers Shaftesbury yet. A single item within Shaftesbury pays you £23.20; a full van to Gillingham pays £84.

How much work there is around Shaftesbury

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

A full-van move from Shaftesbury pays you £84 to Gillingham (4.3 miles), £91.20 to Wincanton (10.1 miles), £91.20 to Blandford Forum (10.3 miles), £94.40 to Warminster (13.6 miles) and £96 to Sherborne (14.8 miles).

Jobs start in SP7 and the towns close by, and most stay within 15 miles. Longer ones go to Bournemouth (23.1 miles) and Kingswood and Fishponds (35 miles) and London (95.7 miles).

What you earn from Shaftesbury

JobCustomer paysYou get
Within Shaftesbury: a single item£29£23.20
Within Shaftesbury: half a van£46£36.80
Within Shaftesbury: a full van, two people£102£81.60
Shaftesbury to Gillingham: a full van, two people£105£84
Shaftesbury to Wincanton: a full van, two people£114£91.20
Shaftesbury to Blandford Forum: a full van, two people£114£91.20
A 3-bed house (Luton, two people) from Shaftesbury£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 Shaftesbury

You’re your own boss: the van, the days and the jobs you take around Shaftesbury and Gillingham 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 Shaftesbury

  • Shaftesbury Household Recycling Centre
    Recycling centre (tip runs) · 0.8 miles from the centre
  • Gillingham
    Station · 3.9 miles from the centre
  • SOS Storage
    Self storage · 6.8 miles from the centre
  • Household recycling centre
    Recycling centre (tip runs) · 12.5 miles from the centre
  • Warminster Recycling Centre
    Recycling centre (tip runs) · 14.2 miles from the centre

Shaftesbury had 9,163 people at the 2021 Census. Permit zones and recycling centre rules are on each offer, so you know before you go.

Join in Shaftesbury

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

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Questions

How much work is there in Shaftesbury?

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

What does a job pay from Shaftesbury?

A single item within Shaftesbury 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 Shaftesbury go?

Mostly to Gillingham (4.3 miles), Wincanton (10.1 miles), Blandford Forum (10.3 miles) and Warminster (13.6 miles), and sometimes to Bournemouth and Kingswood and Fishponds. 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.