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If you are among the 1 million UK workers employed in an environment in which forklifts are used, the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) wants to challenge you to participate in their online forklift safety challenge. You do not have to be a forklift operator to participate; you only need to work on, around, or […]

As a leading provider of HGV training, we are acutely aware of the current driver shortage and what it means to the British economy. Nevertheless, perhaps things are even more serious than we thought. According to the Freight Transport Association (FTA), a majority of their members are seriously concerned about their ability to offer timely […]

Common sense seems to dictate that bus driver training need not address what a driver should do if he or she notices a loose steering wheel. Nevertheless, apparently that is not the case, at least for the bus driver who found himself in a precarious situation in Malta. A video has surfaced showing the driver […]

A new solar farm sounded like a good idea when Sun Edison and Solar Planning Ltd first proposed the idea to Wiltshire Council. Now though, it turns out that the locals are not very happy with the idea. The proposed farm, to be located at Little Chatfield, would require a fleet of HGVs routinely bringing […]

When the passengers on a London-bound Megabus realised their driver was being pulled over by police 50 miles north of Barcelona, many likely thought it would be a minor inconvenience that would have them back on their way in a few minutes. It didn’t work out that way. The driver was arrested, leaving the multinational […]

The largely sedentary nature of professional driving suggests that industry workers could be subject to a range of serious health issues the longer they work in the field. Using data compiled by a number of different sources, occupational health expert Diane Romano-Woodward makes the case for individual health assessments to prevent such problems in a […]

As a leading provider of HGV training in Kent, we are fully aware of how busy the port city of Dover is. HGVs of all sizes regularly rumble through the area on the way to or from France. And of course, the haulage industry provides transport services for tonnes of goods coming into England by […]

A Winsford company known as Smart Solutions now has seven open full-time driver positions thanks to new contracts. The permanent positions require experienced drivers with valid LGV licences, yet the company is not so sure they will be able to fill the jobs as quickly as it would like. It is concerned that the CPC […]

Every once in a while we come across a news story profiling an enterprising female who has decided to join the ranks of the UK’s HGV drivers. We ran across one such story published by The Mirror on August 30 (2014). The story was about a 26-year-old former office worker who now spends her days […]

If you are a professional van driver living near Cotswold, Gloucestershire, there is an opportunity for you to put your van driver training to good use by volunteering for a local hospice. The Cotswold Care Hospice is looking for new volunteer van drivers to join them so that they might provide better service to the […]