Professional drivers in the UK must get special licensing and adhere to specific guidelines when driving commercial vehicles. Thanks to a recent EU directive, new drivers will now have to earn an additional Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) as well.

From September of this year (2013) all bus and coach drivers will be required to have completed Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) training in order to continue driving professionally. Lorry drivers will be also included from September 2014. Unfortunately, a number of sources report that as many as 25% of the UK’s professional drivers […]

The ‘CPC’ or ‘Certificate of Professional Competence’ is a relatively new EU training initiative aimed at everyone who drives for commercial purposes. This has been designed to ensure than new drivers are skilled in other areas than just driving an HGV (vehicle maintenance, load security, traffic laws etc), and that current drivers receive a set […]