Senior leaders from DVSA and CPT came together for immersive visits designed to give a practical understanding of each organisation’s work and the pressures they face.
Before you take a commercial vehicle for its annual test, you must have a plating certificate – also known as a ministry plate – that shows the permitted axle and gross vehicle weights.
Following a consultation, fees for HGV and PSV annual tests will fall from 1 October 2014 for customers who use ATF sites.
Here’s a sneak preview of the new layout we’re designing as part of our work to improve operator licensing self service. We’re working with the government’s digital team to make sure the system is available through the Government’s website, GOV.UK.
The European Union's roadworthiness package agrees the minimum standards for the annual test and roadside inspections of all vehicles within the Union. But how will we make those directives a practical reality for commercial vehicles on British roads?
When you have a lot of people performing the same role, but working across the nation, it’s a challenge to get everyone doing things the same way. But this is what customers both deserve and expect. So how do we make sure our approach in the test lane and at the roadside is consistent?
Highways Agency, which manages motorways and major trunk roads in England, seeks your views on what they can do to make winter driving safer for you.
We have commissioned independent research company, Market Probe, to telephone some operators for a confidential discussion about your experience of our services.
Find out about the work DVLA has been doing to make it easier to tax your vehicle online after the tax disc is scrapped on 1 October 2014.
Transport managers have a demanding job: you make sure that an operator's vehicles are roadworthy and drivers comply with traffic and drivers’ hours rules. You are also responsible to the wider public, through the traffic commissioner, for making sure your operator is compliant with road safety regulations. For some operators though, things can go badly …
In January 2014, we asked you to take part in a reader survey to tell us what you think about Moving On. Your feedback has helped us to understand where we can make improvements and what information is most important to you. Here are some of the main points coming out of the survey results.