Where I work it’s 5 polo shirts, 3 boiler suits , 2 sweat shirts, 1 padded boiler suit, + hi-viz bomber jacket & vest replaced yearly , all Dickies. Steel toe caps your choice of maker.
Our company supply; polo shirts, v-neck sweatshirts, trousers, big yellow coat, and of course boots. Bump cap (baseball cap with plastic shell insert) is available on request, useful if you’re taking blower pipes into a loft. Waterproof dark blue 2-piece oversuit as well; hi-viz isn’t the ideal colour in a farmyard as it spooks the livestock. Choice of rigger boots or lace-up; I prefer riggers for bulk work and lace-ups (Magnum high-leg type) for bags 'cos you do more walking.
All good quality kit, only gripe is that the polo shirts are pale blue; one blow of dusty cattle cake and the collar looks like you’ve had the ■■■■ thing on for a week!
We are also issued with disposable paper overalls; like the ones you see “scenes-of-crime” officers wearing,only dark blue. They were originally intended to be used when the Foot and Mouth epidemic was on, but we find that they’re very useful if you’re going to a dirty farm or blowing into a dusty loft. Tend to last about 3 or 4 farms; you don’t use them every time of course so two a week at worst. Note to trampers; if you ever come across these, well worth packing one or two in your cab. Very useful if you get a really dirty tip and don’t want to get your cab filthy.
Regarding agency supplying clothes; in their defence I have to say that it is bad economics to kit every driver out fully at the agency’s expense. Quite a few will replace worn-out stuff after they’ve had a few shifts out of you, but given the high turnover I think even the most cynical on here can understand why the most you can look for is a hi-viz when you first sign up. It does, however, make good sense to kit your contracted drivers out in branded uniforms, sells the agency better.
gnasty gnome:
Regarding agency supplying clothes; in their defence I have to say that it is bad economics to kit every driver out fully at the agency’s expense. Quite a few will replace worn-out stuff after they’ve had a few shifts out of you, but given the high turnover I think even the most cynical on here can understand why the most you can look for is a hi-viz when you first sign up. It does, however, make good sense to kit your contracted drivers out in branded uniforms, sells the agency better.
A very good point.
Up until recently I was doing 5 shifts one week, 6 the next, non-stop, for the same firm, in my own gear, using my own PPE.
Personally I prefer wearing a pencil skirt to dungarees. Last week I took delivery of the first pair of high heeled rigger boots. All I’m waiting for now is a Ainscough sponsered suspender belt.
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I get a certain amount of kit from my agency, and it is of good quality. Polo shirts and a jumper, and a pair of work trousers. If I ‘hassled’ them more, then I’d probably get more. 
Footwear? Not as yet. But I’d prefer to buy my own anyway.
What is often overlooked is that under HMRC rules, liveried workwear, that one is expected to launder oneself, is claimable against Income Tax.
The figure used to be £85 p.a. but may have changed.
I’m not to sure on the new AJ Logistics uniform Maoster, I don’t think I have the legs to carry it off.
Thought you sounded a little “horse” earlier Larry. 
because i work for many different agencies i find a simple plain set of clothes work well.
a plain polo shirt,
a plain sweater
and a high vis jacket - usually advertising the particular agency i’m working for (if im happy with them, or else i wear a rivals one)
i also wear high vis trousers - i find them to be more comfortable, and if anything happens, to me on anybody property my logic is i sue them for twice as much as i’m twice as visible.
I run a driving Agency in Spalding. All my drivers are issued with Veltuff Polo Shirts, Sweat Tops and Trousers after they have completed 8 weeks work. My Clients are always impressed with the image I am trying to portray and the workwear has our Company logo. Free advertising for me and it portrays agency drivers in a really professional light.
I also provide Logo’d Hi Vis Vests.
I wear a light Blade Blue polo shirt and sweatshirt also same colour light weight trousers and steel boots with company logo , really comfortable, almost like pyjamas !
Yes I did , Blue drivers Trousers plus polo/ sweatshirt , still had previous guys name on label to , good fit so all good
I wore all the UPS brown kit …over my jeans and brushed cotton shirt.Win win nice and warm during winter nights and none of the worst effects of horrible sticky polyester to put up with during warm humid Summer ones.
I wear navy blue trousers with one pocket on the leg and grease from the suzies, electrics and ABS.
I wear a yellow bomber reflective jacket with grease on the arms and shoulder from under the semi-trailer by the fifth-wheel.
Would you see a pattern here…?
He probably wrote the piece 18 years ago when he asked the question 
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I was thinking the same. 
FFS not so much on what you wear to impress the customers? from what i have seen of some they are not safe to be out on their own,
People should Never judge a book by it`s cover, you cannot make a purse out of a sows ear is Very True lol