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We are big fans of people taking a caravan towing course, even if, as an owner, an individual did not need a Category B+E or C1 licence to tow. Towing courses teach drivers how to operate safely on public roads along with the correct procedures for reversing trailers, manoeuvring into parking spaces, and hooking and […]

The National Infrastructure Delivery Plan announced by the government in late March (2016) calls for spending a significant amount of money to improve transport infrastructure within England, including the construction of a Northern Powerhouse that would connect cities and towns in the north and enable better traffic control in that region. It is a plan […]

Driving around many parts of the UK and encountering such a large volume of unnecessary and pointless signs can sometimes give one the impression that you need HGV lessons just to make sense of it all. It should not be this way. And thankfully, with new rules being implemented on 22 April (2016), local councils […]

The PCV theory test has two parts: multiple-choice and hazard perception. The latter portion of the test involves watching 19 videos on a computer screen with the objective of identifying 20 developing hazards accurately and as quickly as possible. Candidates must score 67 on this portion of the test to pass. Apparently, one bus driver […]

Imagine being awoken from a blissful sleep at 2.30 in the morning by a loud crashing sound emanating from down the street. You climb out of bed, look out the window and notice what appears to be a telescopic forklift half inside the local Post Office store. You can’t decide whether it is real or […]

Spring is here and the pace of classes is beginning to pick up here at the HGV Training Centre. We see this every year, with more people calling to sign up for HGV training as the weather turns nicer. If you’ve been thinking about earning a commercial driving licence to operate lorries, buses or vans, […]

Here at the HGV Training Centre, we are very proud of the drivers we put through PCV driver training on the way to getting their commercial driving licences and becoming part of the legion of hard-working, faithful drivers transporting passengers on public bus systems. Occasionally we hear stories of veteran bus drivers who go above […]

It appears as though the University of Southampton wants to know what driver perceptions are relating to automated vehicles. Fleet News UK reports that the University is now recruiting participants for a new study that will ask volunteers to react to video footage they say will tell them how people perceive sharing the road with […]

We train our counterbalance forklift drivers in the UK because we know the importance of safety on the production floor. We also know that legislation requires employers to provide a minimum amount of training to ensure the safety of all workers, vendors and customers. But counterbalance forklift training is just the beginning of safety. Being […]

Late last year (2015), we published a blog post discussing the robust sales observed in the used van market. The data behind that post indicated that companies were looking to shift from smaller lorries to larger vans for a more efficient local delivery system. They were willing to buy used vans to get them to […]