The launch of a newly-formed Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has been announced today. The new name will gradually replace those of the existing Vehicle & Operator Services Agency, [...]

The Department of Transport (DfT) has set out its stall on the future of Driver CPC – suggesting it would be unlikely to support major expansions of the project’s scope, [...]

Northern Ireland’s Department of the Environment (DoE) has announced it has revoked the operator licences of fleets found to be using laundered fuel. Three O-licences have now been revoked “for [...]

Reports have emerged that some drivers who require a Driver CPC but do not hold one are allegedly being prevented from continuing with their journeys when they are detected at [...]

A group of trade associations has warned that proposals from the European Parliament to impose a prohibition on cross-border movements of vehicles exceeding four metres in height would have an [...]

UK road transport’s leading trade associations have responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the future of Driver CPC, in order to spell out their visions for how the scheme [...]

The roadworthiness of trucks on British roads improved slightly last year, according to VOSA’s latest effectiveness report. While brake systems and components remain, worryingly, the most frequent reason for a [...]

Senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell has warned transport managers that they must face up to their legal responsibilities as outlined by Act of Parliament, or get out of the industry. [...]

The French government has indefinitely suspended the French ‘Ecotax’ (Transport Operator, October) on heavy goods vehicles, which was due to come into force in the New Year. The planned green [...]