The Department of Transport (DfT) has announced that up to 50,000 more HGV driving tests will now be made available per year, through measures that it says will streamline the [...]

In their 2020/21 annual report, the traffic commissioners (TCs) have warned operators not to let standards slip because replacement drivers are currently difficult to recruit, while reminding those offering traction [...]

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that longer semi-trailers (LSTs) could be rolled out beyond the existing trial into general circulation as soon as next year, following the results [...]

Industry representatives, as well as trade groups and lo­cal authorities, have been encouraged to contribute to a Department for Transport (DfT) review of the role of the traffic commissioners (TCs), [...]

The British government has continued to resist pleas by the logistics sector and its customers to loosen immigration rules so as to facilitate an influx of EU-based HGV drivers to [...]

DVSA announced plans last month to recruit up to 40 extra vocational licence examiners to handle the current backlog in driving tests. It said it had filled some of the [...]

Independent operators of authorised testing facilities (ATFs) are demanding that pit fees are included in a consultation on test fee increases being launched by DVSA. The Authorised Testing Facility Operators [...]

Mike Palmer, client development director at Nexus Vehicle Rental, says sustainability should not take a backseat in the wake of Covid-19 As a result of lockdown restrictions imposed in the [...]

Volta Trucks has begun testing its first production specification chassis at the Horiba MIRA facility in Nuneaton. The 16-tonne trucks are designed for urban deliveries, and production versions will feature [...]