Driver CPC likely to remain post-Brexit, say experts
Published On: Thursday 24 November 2016
Experts at a recent industry debate have suggested that the UK’s exit from the European Union will not give rise to the domestic scrapping of the Driver CPC qualification. Training [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released its first-year evaluation of the impact of HGV speed limit increases in England and Wales, which took effect in April last year. The [...]
Truckers ‘driven to despair’ by DVLA medical failings
Published On: Monday 7 November 2016
The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has been slammed by the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Dame Julie Mellor, for letting down truck drivers who have had licences [...]
The supply of truck drivers to the UK transport industry is improving thanks to higher wages, but questions are being raised by the Freight Transport Association and others about the [...]
Change afoot as hauliers steel themselves for Brexit
Published On: Saturday 5 November 2016
Even though the Brexit process has hardly started, hauliers are already experiencing changes both positive and negative as a result of the June vote for the UK to leave the [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has been reviewing proposals to improve rules for approved tachograph centres (ATCs) which are responsible for the installation, calibration and inspection of tachographs. [...]
The Institute for Public Policy Research, which describes itself as “the UK’s leading progressive thintank” has urged further restrictions on diesel-engined vehicles in London to combat levels of air pollution [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced changes to how Driver CPC cards are issued. For drivers who complete their periodic training more than 12 months before their [...]
Fresh plans will have to be drawn up to reduce nitrogen dioxide levels in British cities following a High Court ruling that the current government strategy would not deliver legal [...]
