A UK driving agency which supplies temporary fleet drivers is expanding after an Ernst & Young report predicted the market for temporary drivers was set to double within the next year.

Driver Hire, which provides agency drivers to fleets such as Tesco and Sainsbury's, Excel Logistics, Castle Cement and Linx Express, will also be improving its training facilities for drivers.

Driver Hire chief executive John Bussey said: 'More and more companies will turn to driver supply specialists as pending legislation and training requirements fully impact on the industry. We are launching a major recruitment campaign for drivers this year.'