HGV News

The HGV Training Centre offers trailer training for non-commercial drivers who tow utility trailers, caravans and horsebox trailers. We recommend this training even if an advanced licence is not necessary. Why? Because towing a trailer is remarkably different than driving a car by itself. We see evidence of this every spring, as inexperienced car drivers […]

The UK joined other European countries in 2013 when the CPC qualification requirements for bus and coach drivers went into effect. The same CPC rules became official for HGV drivers in September 2014. The implementation of the qualifications now means it is impossible to be a professional PCV or HGV driver without meeting CPC requirements.

The HGV training centre offers counterbalance forklift training at all of our UK facilities. This sort of training is ideal for entry-level workers looking to establish careers as forklift operators. It is also a good option for warehouse managers and business owners who decide it is time their operators receive proper training and certification.

It used to be that recruiting companies in England could concentrate on Scotland and Wales to get HGV drivers into open jobs. They would often recruit drivers by offering them help finding accommodations and getting familiar with the various regions of England where they would be driving. Now though, the supply of qualified drivers from […]

As a leading provider of HGV training in Warwickshire and throughout the UK, we are always on the lookout for new training tools and methods that will help us produce safer and more competent commercial drivers. Therefore, it is with curiosity that we read a recent article on HGV UK relating to video cameras being […]

We see a lot of drivers come and go through our training courses. We would like to believe they all graduate and go on to long and successful careers as lorry or coach drivers. However, we are smart enough to know that is not likely the case. There are workers in every industry that do […]

Monday, June 8 (2015) is the date that UK drivers will no longer need the paper section of their driving licences. The country’s new digital licence system will officially be in place, eventually resulting in licence upgrades as drivers renew their documents. The government is insisting drivers can destroy their paper documents on that date, […]

Who knew that horses were such international travellers? Apparently, they are. Some of the most profitable and well known horses in equine circles make appearances all over the world in any given calendar year. It turns out that horse transport goes well beyond just towing a horsebox trailer throughout the UK and Europe.

Commercial Fleet, the commercial news arm of Fleet News UK, recently sought to educate commercial operators about CPC requirements by publishing information regarding the O-license. This is the licence required by operators in order to legally move goods throughout the UK and, in some cases, Europe. As Commercial Fleet explained, CPC training is not restricted […]

Anyone wishing to drive an HGV or PCV professionally must undergo a comprehensive medical exam prior to earning a first licence. Medical exams are then repeated on a regular basis after that. The exams are not difficult to pass if you are in reasonably good health, but they are intended to keep unfit drivers off […]