SPECIALIST recruiter Driver Hire is going for a hat-trick of wins in a national franchising competition.

The Bradford-based firm is one of eight finalists in the 2015 Franchisor of the Year awards which it won in 2006 and 2012Driver Hire has been a finalist in nine out of the last ten years.

Driver Hire provides temporary and permanent drivers and other logistics staff, mainly to the road transport and logistics industry. Its 101- strong office network recently completed a second year of record trading with two of its franchisees passing the £3 million turnover mark.

Chris Chidley, chief executive, said: “Our business model, franchise support and customer service all contribute to our ongoing success. It’s great that our efforts have been recognised in this way. To repeatedly make it to the finals says a huge amount about our business and what it offers our franchisees.”

Finalists will present to a judging panel of industry experts later this month, with winners announced on June 25.