HGV News

At this time last year, we were reporting on concerns that the UK lorry driver shortage would affect the upcoming Christmas shopping season. And while that is certainly true again for 2015, there is an added concern: the driver shortage could soon affect even online shopping. Without trucks and drivers to transport goods to distribution […]

HGV and bus drivers have their annual awards given to the best drivers in the industry. Manufacturing and industrial companies can earn awards for reaching safety milestones. But what about the forklift operator? Now, thanks to the Fork Lift Truck Associations (FLTA), they have an award that they can win for safe operation. In fact, […]

Every day, company drivers throughout the UK experience ‘near miss’ incidents that could just as easily have resulted in injury or death. Most experienced drivers just pass these incidents off as a routine part of the job. Yet is it possible that requiring company drivers to report such incidents could increase safety? The Health and […]

Acquiring an HGV licence is a pretty straightforward process in most cases. For drivers, it is a matter of undergoing the proper training and passing the required tests. Operators undergo a different process that requires the submission of paperwork and an official review. In both cases, qualifications are relatively easy to meet. Yet there are […]

From our HGV training in Ceredigion to our PCV classes in Norfolk, we are acutely aware of the fact that every commercial driver traversing UK roads is not a national. And because there are so many foreign drivers operating here, there are always questions about roads signing systems and how effective these are in warning […]

As a leading provider of fleet driver training in the UK, the HGV Training Centre is more than capable of custom designing training programmes to the unique needs of each client. We can cover everything from the safe handling of materials to teaching drivers how to use their vehicles more efficiently. We believe an important […]

If you were planning to take your HGV, car, or trailer driving test before winter weather sets in, you might have to adjust your plans. The DVSA has never been all that reliable in terms of scheduling driving tests in the past. But since April (2015), when the agency merged with VOSA, things have only […]

What is CPC and how do I find a training provider? This is a question we frequently hear at the HGV Training Centre. Fortunately, we can provide both the answer and the training drivers need. We are approved under the Driver CPC scheme here in the UK.

When the Conservative Party Conference opens in Manchester early next week (October 4, 2015), MPs will be introduced to an exhibitor who would be considered unusual for this the type of gathering. That exhibitor is the Road Haulage Association (RHA), a leading industry trade group representing companies in the haulage and logistics sector. The RHA […]

On a typical day in our HGV training in North Ayrshire, we work with quite a few drivers hoping to break into the haulage and transport industries for the first time. The same is true at all of our facilities throughout the UK. This makes it easy to forget that the industry is now in […]