by National Register of LGV Instructors | 21st September 2021 | News
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) announced an update on 10th September informing the industry about the changes the Government plans to introduce to help tackle the LGV driver shortage. Booking car and trailer tests ceased on 16th September via DVSA’s...
by National Register of LGV Instructors | 14th September 2021 | News
As a trainer or instructor, whether you’re employed within an in-house organisation, at a training centre, or self-employed, it’s important to stay up to date with the Highway Code. From today (14th September 2021), there are changes to the rules on using motorways,...
by National Register of LGV Instructors | 9th September 2021 | News
To help address the current LGV driver shortage, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) announced a package of measures back in July 2021, including a consultation on proposed changes to the current requirements to obtain a vocational driving licence. NRI worked...
by National Register of LGV Instructors | 17th August 2021 | News
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is launching a campaign to recruit additional vocational examiners in England and Wales to help reduce the current lorry driver shortage. This is part of DVSA’s overall aim of recruiting 40 new vocational examiners,...
by National Register of LGV Instructors | 16th June 2021 | News
–> In November 2020, the UK government announced that sales of new petrol and diesel vans will be banned from 2030. This accelerated the work of van operators to identify where Alternatively-Fuelled Vehicles (AFVs) can be most sensibly and easily introduced...
by National Register of LGV Instructors | 28th April 2021 | News
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has launched a brand-new Safe Driving for Life website – which goes live today (Wednesday 28 April). The new site includes exciting new features to help your pupils pass their theory test first time. And it will provide...
by National Register of LGV Instructors | 2nd March 2021 | News
On 1st March 2021, Highways England launched a review of the Highway Code to improve road safety on motorways and high-speed roads. The consultation will run for four weeks and closes at 23:59 on 29 March 2021. What’s happening? The Highway Code is regularly...
by National Register of LGV Instructors | 10th February 2021 | News
The Department for Transport is launching a consultation to get views about changes to the laws on driving licence acquisition. The consultation is asking for views on things like: Allowing candidates who pass their test in an automatic transmission vehicle to drive a...
by National Register of LGV Instructors | 28th January 2021 | News
DVSA have updated the current guidance for Driver CPC and Carriage of Dangerous Goods Training. Driver CPC Periodic Training Employers and training providers must reduce the spread of the virus by following Public Health England guidance/advice for employers to make...