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The argument over who are better drivers has long raged between men and women. But now it appears that Admiral has the data to settle the argument once and for all. The well-known insurance company commissioned a survey that went on to reveal women as being generally safer as drivers. This is one reason more […]

Whenever there is flooding, the news delights in showing photographs of stranded cars left at the mercy of the water. We saw evidence of this following the Christmas weekend flooding in Scotland. For example, The Courier posted a picture on 7 January (2016) showing an abandoned car off to the right of a Perth road. […]

Imagine coming upon traffic at a near dead stop in the city centre only to discover that holding everyone else up are two bus drivers arguing over a parking space. That is exactly what happened recently in Bristol city centre. While no damage was done and no criminal charges were levied, the disputing drivers did […]

Many of us within the logistics industry have consistently maintained that PCV and HGV driving careers are unnecessarily subject to a poor public image within the current culture. We now have the data to prove it. As part of our ongoing effort to help address the current driver shortage, we conducted our own research by […]

Perusing industry news in preparation for writing this blog post, we ran across an interesting commentary written by a local resident in Nottinghamshire detailing a speeding incident that landed him in a speed awareness course. The driver’s commentary could provide the basis for a very effective corporate driver training course on the consequences of speed […]

During the first few weeks of the new year, it is common for us to receive contacts from young people thinking about undergoing truck driver training. We are always happy to help by providing the kind of training they need to get their licences and land that first job. As a leading provider of professional […]

A proposal championed by the UK to bring updated mirror standards to the haulage industry across the EU has been made official by a recent vote at the European Commission. From July 2016, all newly registered HGVs over 3.5 tonnes will have to have upgraded mirrors designed to improve road safety. At the rate HGV […]

Another year has come and gone in the lives of professional lorry and bus drivers. With 2016 now upon us, we want to offer our readers a friendly reminder about CPC qualification requirements. Drivers required to renew their qualification cards in 2016 will have 12 months to do so; those who needed to renew in […]

The logistics industry is growing by leaps and bounds in direct proportion to the success of online shopping. For example, we detailed in a previous blog post how used vans are hot on the market right now, being bought up by delivery companies who need them to complete home deliveries from retail giants such as […]

In a statement some are taking with an appropriate amount of scepticism, the Department for Transport (DfT) has acknowledged that it needs to do a better job of catering to the needs of fleet operators and drivers. The statement was made in relation to new consultation designed to determine the future of the DVLA, DVSA, […]