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The Driver Handbook

The Driver Handbook Isn’t it fun chasing drivers for paperwork? Or making sure they’ve done their toolbox talk? We’ve got a whole team here who live for asking drivers (for the tenth time) to send...

The Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme

The Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme We see so often at Public Inquiries operators let down by their maintenance provider who have out of date paperwork or processes. But how do you know your...

Employed Status

Employed Drivers How operators “employ” their drivers has been under scrutiny by the Traffic Commissioners for some time. The DVSA and the Traffic Commissioners during encounters, investigations and...

Daily Walkround Check

Daily Walkaround Check Defect report, checklist, walkaround – call it what you like, but this simple daily task can be your first line of defence in protecting your operator’s licence. Too...

Roller Brake Testing

Roller Brake Testing The new Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness (GtMRW) was published in April 2025.   People will point out it isn’t legislation, but if you do not conform to its advice should there...

What happens when you die

What happens when you are gone Anyone who has had the misfortune to watch daytime television will soon discover it is full of adverts for wills and funeral plans, unsurprisingly no one mentions what...