The daily walkaround checks for HGV drivers As part of your duties as a HGV driver, you must perform the daily walkaround checks when starting your shift before you take your vehicle on the road. Below we’ve put together an overview of the checks involved and you can...

Each year we survey our candidates to obtain feedback regarding our: Service, Registration, Processes Communication Pay & Conditions Training Industry knowledge We analyse the results and use to form part our candidate service strategy. Although 2020 was a year of...

Each year we survey our clients to obtain feedback regarding our: Service Communication Management Information Fulfilment rates Industry knowledge Compliance Once analysed we form a strategy to strengthen key areas of delivery and improve our service levels.  We're...

We're proud to be part of Stronger Together Stronger Together is a multi-stakeholder business-led initiative aiming to reduce modern slavery particularly forced labour, labour trafficking and other hidden third party exploitation of workers. They provide guidance,...

Our Driver CPC course dates for 2021 are now available to book onto. At the moment our courses are all still online due to government guidelines however this may change over the course of the year and we will update you if it does. The dates: 24th April 10th  – 14th...

The biggest challenge to logistics today is an HGV driver shortage which is in excess of 50,000 and is set to increase. Many factors have contributed to the driver shortage and include: an ageing workforce with more drivers retiring barriers to entry as no testing for...

We wanted to share with you the latest on the EU Settlement scheme. Please check if you need to apply for EU Settlement Status. The EU Settlement Scheme is open and you can apply now if you meet the criteria. You need to apply if: You’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen...

What is IR35? From April 2021, the Government is extending the off-payroll rules into the private sector. The new rules will apply to work done by contractors working as personal service companies (PSC). IR35 is the term used to describe the UK tax legislation for...

Accidents happen but are often avoidable.  We’d like to share with you the SLAM technique to prevent the chances of an accident and ensure the safety of HGV drivers whilst on shift. STOP: Stop the task and think. Look at each step. Ask: Is this a new task? Has the...

During the current pandemic, the procedure for licence renewal has been updated. It is advised to apply for your licence renewal in good time – the DVLA are  prioritising licence applications for those due to expire within the next 3 months. They have released some...