Dan Richards, Chief Commercial Officer at self-employment technology specialist, Wise, said: “Throughout 2021, the last-mile delivery sector underwent significant strain as it helped the country bounce back from a pandemic, servicing record levels of demand for product deliveries and battled against the background of a national driver shortage.

“Moving forward through the peak period for delivery firms and ahead towards 2022, more and more firms are looking for ways to grow their businesses and improve efficiency. One key way in which many last-mile logistics businesses are aiming to do this is through incorporating new technology to help with high-friction areas of the business.

“We know that engaging skilled, reliable self-employed subcontractor drivers is absolutely essential to the success of these delivery firms and, in such a competitive hiring environment, creating a smooth self-employment experience is essential to both recruitment and retention.

“By using technology to speed up and digitise the onboarding process for new drivers, main contractors are able to improve the experience for their subcontractors. On top of this (and just as importantly), by reducing the amount of, often stressful, administrative processes for staff, companies now have more time to spend on planning for the future and growing their businesses.”

DID YOU KNOW: On average, in 2021 to successfully recruit and onboard one new self-employed delivery driver, a firm had to engage ten potential candidates into their recruitment process.

Dan continued: “Since launching the Wise platform, we’ve engaged more than 50,000 self-employed subcontractors and over 250 UK logistics firms on all aspects of self-employment, navigating the pandemic, Brexit and the subsequent driver shortage. We know that no two businesses are the same, but regardless of their size, location or strategies, the need to use technology to remain competitive remains universal.”

To find out more about how Wise is revolutionising self-employment for companies and subcontractors, head to www.withwise.com

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