Trailers over 750kg must be registered before driving through or to most of Europe. The fees, the keeper's certificate for abnormal load trailers, and the online process.
Every standard O-licence needs a professionally competent transport manager. How the Certificate of Professional Competence works, what the exams cover, and your options if you do not have one.
If the Traffic Commissioner's decision goes against you, the Upper Tribunal is the appeal route. The deadlines, the stay rules and what an appeal can achieve.
Body type changes, colour changes, engine swaps and even like-for-like restorations all have DVLA notification rules - and some change the tax class or trigger an inspection. What fleets must file.
The registered keeper record drives who receives penalties, tax demands and fines. How fleets should handle V5C changes, sales, address moves and lost log books.
Vans need an MOT by the third anniversary of registration and every year after. The expiry rules, the month-minus-a-day window, and the only two journeys allowed without one.
Goods vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes have lower national limits than cars on single and dual carriageways - 50 and 60, not 60 and 70. How the van speed limit rules actually work.
Light goods vehicles up to 3,500kg pay a flat rate of £360 a year - £140 for qualifying Euro 4 and Euro 5 vans. How van VED classes work and what fleets should budget.
Reclaim all VAT on fuel, then pay back a fixed fuel scale charge based on CO2 emissions - no mileage logs needed. How the fuel scale charge works and when to use it for your fleet cars.
Built, rebuilt, radically altered or imported vehicles need approval before registration. The IVA routes, GB type approval for manufacturers, and who to call.
Who needs the operator licence when vehicles are rented, hired or leased: the vehicle user rule, and how it plays out for short-term hire, contract hire and leasing.
Highway Code rules 113 to 116 cover lighting: what must be lit at night, the definition of 'night', fog light misuse, and the hazard warning light rules.