HGV News

Companies such as ours work very hard to make sure drivers are learning and applying industry best practices to safety. Additionally, we work with organisations like the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) to improve driver safety across the board. So we are happy to report that new statistics from the […]

Whether you are driving a passenger car, a 3.5-tonne horsebox, or the largest HGV on the road, you have a certain expectation of safety every time you set out on a journey. Like all of us, you anticipate that other drivers on the road will be just as careful as you are so as to […]

This past June (2015) a group of students boarded a double-decker bus on the way to Abbey College in Ramsey. Much to their surprise, driving the bus was fellow student Sam Dew, representing the fourth generation of the Dew family to drive for Dews Coaches. At just 18, Sam is among the youngest drivers in […]

At this time last year, we were talking about the recent passing of the CPC deadline and the fact that HGV drivers who had not yet completed CPC courses needed to do so or risk fines or potential job loss. We are now happy to report that recent DVSA numbers prove the nation’s drivers are […]

It is never pleasant to have to begin thinking about the prospects of winter driving. Nevertheless, here in the UK, it cannot be avoided. From our PCV training in London to our HGV training in Torfaen, one of the things we spend quite a bit of time working on is inclement weather driving skills. Professional […]

If you have a team of car and van-driving workers who spend even a modest amount of their work time travelling on behalf of your company, it is quite likely they are wasting time and money sitting in traffic. Through no fault of their own, the time spent in traffic is costing UK businesses some […]

From our van-training programme in London to HGV training in Glamorgan, the HGV Training Centre is always looking for more people interested in earning licences to become professional drivers. In light of that, we are pleased to learn that the Transport Committee has finally agreed to look into the current driver shortage and government efforts […]

Slowly expanding economies across the UK and Europe are putting more strain on a haulage sector that has been struggling since last summer to keep up. The two biggest concerns are the obvious lack of company drivers and what appears to be an unwillingness among many in the industry to adopt technology that saves money […]

Last month, authorities in Wiltshire conducted a four-day crackdown in a joint effort with the Central Registration and Identification Scheme targeting trailers and caravans. The point of the operation was to make sure drivers towing trailers were in full compliance with the law and common safety practices. More than 100 vehicles were stopped over the […]

The HGV Training Centre works with new HGV and PCV drivers attempting to earn their first commercial driving licences. As such, we are very familiar with the licence checking system in the UK. British licence holders can be validated by employers simply by checking the DVLA database or working through a third-party provider offering licence […]