AC10 to TS30 - what the offence codes on a driving record mean, how many points they carry, and whether they sit there for 4 or 11 years. A fleet guide to reading licence checks.
Growing the fleet or moving yard means varying the licence, nine weeks ahead, with advertising and no operating until grant. How variations work.
Vans under 3.5 tonnes mostly sit outside operator licensing, but international work pulls 2.5 to 3.5 tonne vehicles into scope. The rules LGV operators get wrong.
An insecure load can mean prohibition, penalties and an OCRS hit. The standards DVSA applies, and how to build load security into your operation.
The Congestion Charge runs 7am-6pm weekdays and 12pm-6pm weekends: £18 on the day, £21 within three days, plus penalties after that. How freight and service fleets should handle central London charging.
ULEZ runs 24/7 across all London boroughs: vans up to 3.5t pay £12.50 a day if non-compliant, but lorries over 3.5t are exempt and face LEZ rules instead. How the two zones interact.
HSE's safety bulletin on powered tilting stabilisers warns of fatal crush incidents during lorry loader operations. What owners, operators and sites must do about it.
Planned safety inspections are the backbone of O-licence maintenance undertakings. How to set intervals by vehicle use, and the records you must keep.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations set a strict hierarchy: avoid hazardous handling, assess what cannot be avoided, reduce risk to the lowest practicable level. No weight limits - judgment instead.
A condition that stops you driving safely for 3 months or more must be reported to DVLA - with different forms for car and vocational licences. What the notification duty means for drivers and fleets.
The approved mileage rate for cars and vans is 55p for the first 10,000 business miles from April 2026 (45p before), then 25p - with reporting duties above it and tax relief below it. How the scheme works for fleets.
Drivers who do some work under assimilated EU rules and some under GB domestic rules in the same week face combined limits. How the mixing rules work in practice.