Goods exported and brought back to the UK can qualify for Returned Goods Relief - same exporter and importer for the VAT relief, re-import within 3 years, and no repair or processing abroad. The conditions explained.
Reversing vehicles kill and seriously injure people in yards every year. HSE's workplace transport guidance on one-way systems, segregation, exclusion zones and when a banksman is the last resort.
Deaths, specified injuries, over-7-day incapacitation, public hospitalisations - what RIDDOR makes reportable, the 15-day clock, and the accident-book line between reporting and recording.
You must check every job applicant's right to work before employing them - online with a share code or with original documents. How the check works and what a wrong check costs.
Every hire needs a right to work check before employment - online share code, original documents, or IDVT. Copies kept for employment plus 2 years, follow-up checks on time-limited leave.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 set the floor: identify hazards, judge the risk, eliminate or control. How the framework fits a fleet, yard and warehouse.
A conviction is not finished at court. Operator licensing makes whole categories of offences a traffic commissioner matter - from application declarations to the duty to notify after the licence is granted.
The Highway Code's rules 286-289 set out exactly what drivers must do after a collision: stop, exchange details, report to police. The procedure every commercial driver should know cold.
The Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness expects measured brake performance, not guesswork: laden roller brake tests in inspections, EBPMS reports, and C&U Regulation 18 as the legal bar.
Empty miles, congestion idling and bad sequencing are fuel bought for nothing - the Future of Freight plan backs data-driven logistics, and routing is where it starts.
Rules of origin decide whether goods qualify for reduced or zero duty under trade agreements. Wholly obtained versus sufficiently worked, the value-added rule, tariff quotas, and why the shipping country is not the origin.
Tipper overturns kill and injure every year. HSE's tipping guidance: site rules, wheel-stops, ground conditions, sticking loads and the cab discipline that prevents rollovers.