Month: July 2014

“Right to Work” identity document validation partnership

NSL Checking Partners with Licence Bureau NSL’s Validation Solutions, experts in identity authentication, has entered into a partnership with leading driver risk company and DVLA official bureau, the Licence Bureau (LB). LB offers a secure online solution that performs driver licence checks for companies and keeps them informed of compliance issues on drivers, vehicles, and fleet. […]

Licence Bureau supporting Scottish Enterprise

Licence Bureau has secured a contract to provide Scottish Enterprise with licence checking services to cover over 800 drivers who drive their own vehicles whilst on company business Scottish Enterprise identify and exploit opportunities for Scotland’s economic growth by supporting Scottish companies to compete, helping to build globally competitive sectors, attracting new investment and creating […]

Les Owen, Senior Compliance Associate at Compliance Bureau, responds to Natalie Middleton, Business Editor, Fleet World question “Are increases in magistrates’ court fine limits draconian?”

Natalie, you bring another good discussion to the forum. I fear the Government is not joined up in its approach to driving on UK roads. Your contributors rightly point out one delay such as young drivers not being allowed to take to the road. There have been more contradictions in approach over the years, from […]

Driver only able to clearly read a number plate at a distance of just one metre, or 39 inches!

Crash driver, 79, could not read number plate from distance A 79-year-old driver who crashed his 4×4 into a parked lorry could only read a number plate from one metre (39 in) away, police have revealed. The man was driving a Mitsubishi Shogun when he drove into the lorry, on the A26 Eridge Road at […]

FTA reveals most common driving licence failures

The Freight Transport Association has now carried out 10,000 checks on driver licences with its Driver Licence Checking Service, which was developed in conjunction with the Licence Bureau. The service is designed to manage the labour-intensive job on members’ behalf, ensuring that their business is operating legally whilst providing immediate benefits from time and cost […]

£16.6M in fines issued to employers of illegal workers in the UK in the last year

Professional employment provider, giant group has found a growing number of employers and recruiters are still failing to adequately assess an individual’s right to work in the UK. The group obtained data under the Freedom of Information Act and found a total of 2148 Notification of Liability (NOL) notices for a Civil Penalty issued to […]