Lone working
Lone working The basics for employers Overview A summary of your duties to protect lone workers and a video to help you Stress and other health factors Protect lone workers…
My parrot destroyed my vehicle registration certificate among most unusual reasons shared when getting a replacement
The most unusual reasons people have shared with DVLA for needing a replacement vehicle registration certificate (V5C)From:Driver and Vehicle Licensing AgencyPublished29 September 2021 “I wasn’t concentrating and shredded it”, “it was…
DVLA working with local authorities and police services to take action on unlicensed vehicles
Vehicle tax evasion is against the law and while over 98% of vehicles are taxed correctly, a small minority of vehicle keepers continue to break the law. It costs HM Treasury £94…
Streamlining the process to become a lorry and bus driver
As we told you on 16 September, some rules about learning to drive a lorry are going to change later in 2021.The changes affect:staging requirements for lorry and bus licencesthe…
New online hub for HGV driver updates
A new section on GOV.UK website has been launched which brings together all the latest information on how the government is helping to reduce the HGV driver shortage.You can also…
Traffic Commissioners launch Twitter account
The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain are launching their Twitter account today.Our tweets will be geared towards road safety and compliance in the HGV and PSV areas.Follow us to keep…
Update on Ministry of Defence supporting lorry driving tests
We emailed you recently to let you know that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will be deploying their Defence Driving Examiners (DDEs) to work alongside our examiners to deliver additional…
Update on Ministry of Defence supporting lorry driving tests
We emailed you recently to let you know that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will be deploying their Defence Driving Examiners (DDEs) to work alongside our examiners to deliver additional…
Application from ‘phoenix’ business rejected
The Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands recently refused an application for a standard national goods vehicle operator’s licence because it was a clear example of a ‘phoenix’ business, one…
New government plans to tackle the lorry driving shortage
The government has announced further plans to help reduce the lorry driver shortage.These plans follow the recently announced vocational test changes which will create an extra 50,000 lorry tests every…