Up to a quarter of a million business use vehicles, commonly referred to as ‘grey fleet’, could be evading Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) with a potential financial risk of £18m in fines according to Licence Bureau. Department for Transport (DfT)…
Licence Bureau backs call for greater focus on driver eyesight tests
Licence Bureau is backing a call to make regular eye tests mandatory as data revealed 134 drivers a week have their driving licence revoked for not meeting the minimum eyesight requirements. The DVLA data, obtained by Direct Line Motor Insurance,…
Endorsement codes and penalty points
Each endorsement has a special code and is given ‘penalty points’ on a scale from 1 to 11. You get more points for more serious offences. The table shows the offence codes that can be put on your driving record.…
How long endorsements stay on your driving record
Endorsements stay on your driving record for 4 or 11 years depending on the offence. This can start from either the date you’re convicted or the date of your offence. The endorsement is ‘valid’ for the first: 3 years, for…
Licence Bureau issues ‘no panic’ Brexit statement but encourages businesses to start taking necessary steps to keep drivers legal
Licence Bureau is advising business drivers and fleet operators not to panic in the wake of the UK formally having left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020. Despite the inevitable air of uncertainty following Brexit, Licence Bureau…
ADLV Urges Companies To Review Non UK Driving Licences Online Following Brexit Day
Whilst nothing regulatory is changing during the post Brexit transition period, the ADLV is urging companies to review the current actions they take in respect of Non GB licence holders driving or employed in the UK. Whilst convictions in the UK for…
Transport safety – into the 2020s. A view from the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS)
The 2010s saw road safety elevated to a global policy priority in the UN Decade of Action and the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. This was recognition that road danger presents one of the biggest threats to human life worldwide, and…
Employee eConsent to Licence Check Result in in Under 10 seconds!
As a Licence Bureau client using our Compliance Managed Service portal you will be able to see an employee’s drivers licence check result on average in less than 10 seconds after the employee has signed their eDeclaration. Clients have found…
Duty Free?
There are an estimated 500-600 deaths while driving for work in the UK each year, but the government doesn’t currently think employers should report them in the same way as the circa 150 ‘official’ annual at-work fatalities under RIDDOR. More…
Transport operators please encourage your vocational drivers to licence renew at the earliest opportunity
Typically it takes DVLA up to 21 days to process a licence renewal transaction. When the driver has a medical condition it can take longer for DVLA to investigate and make a licencing decision. Recent research has shown that DVLA…
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