Every summer brings an increase in the number of people taking the car and trailer test for caravan purposes. And of course, there are the normal stream of drivers taking tests for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Yet regardless of the type of vehicle and test in question, all of these drivers have one thing […]

The residents of Banbury were treated to dozens of HGVs rumbling into town earlier this month; but not because we suddenly increased the number of opportunities for HGV training in Oxfordshire. Rather, the truck owners were travelling to St Mary’s Church for the wedding of Mr Gary Coles. He is the owner and director of […]

An Ashbourne-based recruiting firm has told the Derbyshire Telegraph it intends to hire as many as 65 commercial drivers after landing number of contracts worth some £1.65 million. According to the paper, Employ Recruitment UK already supplies drivers to big-name companies like DHL and Sainsbury’s.

In order to begin practical skills training to be an HGV driver, students must first take and pass the HGV theory test. The test is a two-part exam consisting of 100 multiple-choice questions designed to test the student’s knowledge of general highway safety and hazard avoidance. While it is not an overly complicated test, there […]

In what can only be described as a shocking incident, a delivery van driving in Guildford was hijacked late in the afternoon this past Wednesday (May 28). News reports say the attack occurred near the Cathedral Hill Industrial Estate at about 16:45. No one was injured in the incident. According to reports, the delivery driver […]

A new video just published on the HGV UK website clearly demonstrates why it is important for haulage companies to think about adding CCTV cameras to all of their LGVs. The video shows what happens when car drivers cause accidents with LGVs due to their own reckless behaviour.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has finally published new rules governing quiet deliveries in the UK. The new rules are part of a document entitled Quiet Deliveries: Good, Practice, Principles And Progress, a document intended to provide guidance that will allow haulage companies to make more deliveries in off-peak hours without disturbing local residents. The […]

Startups.co.uk, an entrepreneurial website devoted to new business owners, recently published an important piece reminding van drivers of the legal issues surrounding weight limits. As you might already know, the law restricts how much weight a van can carry based on a number of factors. Moreover, as the website points out, observing weight restrictions is […]

The long Easter weekend was a deadly one on UK roads, prompting officials in several regions to urge caution as traffic begins picking up for the spring and summer seasons. The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service is especially concerned after a spate of crashes resulted in the deaths of three motorcyclists.

If HGV driving is your chosen profession, you might want to exercise great caution next time you are passing through London. A Transport For London (TfL) initiative aimed at cracking down on HGV drivers has proven so successful in its first six months that there are now plans in place to extend it beyond the […]