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New edition of the Official DVSA Guide for bus & coach drivers
16 January 2026A new edition of The Official DVSA Guide to Driving Buses and Coaches has been released by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). This updated guide is designed to […]
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New National Road Safety Strategy – What operators need to know
07 January 2026The Department for Transport has published a new National Road Safety Strategy, the first comprehensive strategy for over a decade. The strategy sets ambitious long-term outcomes aimed at substantially reducing […]
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New Traffic Commissioner for Scotland
06 January 2026Sharon Clelland has been appointed as the new Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, taking up the role on 6 April 2026. She joins the role from her previous position as Head […]
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Mobile phone law loophole closed
19 May 2022Laws on mobile phone use whilst driving are now stricter and will close the loopholes that some drivers previously relied upon. From 25 March 2022, it now illegal to use […]
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Update to the rules on using mobile phones – as an Employer, what should you do?
19 May 2022As detailed in our recent article, on 25 March 2022, the government introduced changes to the use of hand-held devices whilst driving. Whilst there have been offences for the use […]
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More onerous tacho EU requirements on drivers
19 May 2022What’s happened? The Government appears to have “snuck in” the most onerous EU requirements on drivers since the tachograph was first invented, and the COVID crisis seems to have provided […]
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DfT announce temporary relaxation of EU drivers’ hours rules but, note the small print
18 July 2021In response to the worsening shortage of HGV drivers, the Department for Transport (DfT) has introduced a temporary relaxation of the EU drivers’ hours rules in England, Scotland and Wales. […]
