HGV News

No amount of forklift truck training in the world could have prepared a Lancashire church for what happened when they agreed to sell their forklift to a local man. According to the Lancashire Evening Post, Longton Community Church agreed to sell the forklift to Patrick Reilly for £800 last June. However, after Reilly loaded the […]

The Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Council lost a bid back in 2012 to ban HGVs from travelling through the centre of Bath. Now, thanks to a temporary closure of the A36 for construction purposes, the proposed ban has been given new life. As a company offering HGV training in Bath and North-East Somerset, […]

If you have your van driving licence and you work in Norfolk, you might want to keep an eye out for a man who calls himself Ricky Muddy. Apparently, he has taken to adorning Norfolk’s dirty white vans with graffiti art. You could walk inside to make a delivery only to find, on your return, […]

A recent spate of fatal accidents in Northern Ireland has led the Freight Transportation Association (FTA) to issue a special advisory among its members operating in the region. HGV Ireland reports the FTA is urging HGV drivers to use extra caution during the winter months due to poor driving conditions.

Police and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) recently joined forces in Cornwall and Devon to crack down on LGV drivers breaking the law. The operation resulted in more than 1,000 offences being identified and cited. Operation Fatigue was conducted by the agencies over a three-week period spanning November and December of last year.

As a leading provider of HGV training in Dyfed and dozens of other locations throughout the UK, the HGV Training Centre includes safe loading and securing principles in the training provided to HGV drivers. Now, thanks to the International Road Transport Union (IRU), there are new and updated guidelines drivers can follow regardless of where […]

If you were to train for your van licence with the HGV Training Centre, it is highly unlikely your classes would involve dealing with a wild turkey exhibiting a bad attitude. Unfortunately, such a class might have been helpful to an American UPS driver who was videotaped being chased around a delivery van by a […]

Whether it is a driver receiving his or her HGV training in South Yorkshire, or a mechanic learning to repair coaches and buses outside of London, everyone involved in the transport and haulage industries receives comprehensive training designed to ensure all involved remain safe. Vehicle inspectors employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) […]

HGV training in Hertfordshire just got a little bit easier thanks to brand-new Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) for commercial vehicles opened at HTC Hemel Hempstead. The facility marks the 400th ATF opened since the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) embarked on an ambitious plan to close government testing centres and transfer their services to […]

Transport training in London could get a little bit more expensive if Transport for London (TfL) follows through on a plan to raise the Congestion Charge now in place. In fact, all companies conducting business in the region will be adversely affected. The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is doing what it can to prevent the […]