Descartes Sponsors True Heroes Racing for 2021 Season
Posted by AndrewT on 23rd Mar 2021
Descartes has announced its continued sponsorship of True Heroes Racing, a team founded in 2012 as a project to provide Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) UK Service personnel and Veterans, with the oppo
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No VU tachograph downloads in 505 days results in revoked licence
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Mar 2021
A Sittingbourne operator was called out as “an accident waiting to happen” and had their licence revoked by the South Eastern Traffic Commissioner, Sarah Bell. The failings were widespread and include
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TfL reminds HGV operators to apply for free safety permits
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Feb 2021
Transport for London (TfL) is reminding all HGV operators that wish to drive in London to apply for their free safety permit before 1st March when enforcement of the new Direct Vision Standard will be
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Dead man's tachograph card
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Feb 2021
In a recent case reported in Commercial Motor a sole trader found using a dead brother’s digital tachograph drivers card to exceed drivers’ hours limits has had the HGV operators licence revoked and
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Temporary relaxation of the enforcement of drivers’ hours due to Brexit and Covid-19
Posted by AndrewT on 28th Jan 2021
The Department for Transport has published two temporary relaxations of the enforcement of drivers’ hours rules.
The first is in response to the exceptional pressures on the freight industry due to t
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New processes for hauliers travelling to Ireland
Posted by AndrewT on 8th Jan 2021
If you are travelling to Northern Ireland (NI) or the Republic of Ireland from any ports in Great Britain (GB), there are new processes that must now be followed from 1 Jan 2021.
For travel to Ireland
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Changes to Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence)
Posted by AndrewT on 5th Jan 2021
Following a review of Driver CPC training and recommendations made by the European Commission, the UK Government has decided that Driver CPC training will be monitored by the DVSA to ensure drivers ar
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