A woman from South Gloucestershire is now believed to be the first and only female gritter in the UK, after she passed her HGV driving test and studied for a winter maintenance certificate. Hayley Brock, 43, was working at South Gloucestershire Council as a personal assistant to the head of streetcare, Mark King, when she [...]

According to a recent survey, there is a significant skills gap for HGV driving in Liverpool. Click Liverpool reports that the number of vacancies for HGC 1 drivers in the area has risen by a mammoth 288 per cent in the last year, a figure which is even higher than the national increase of 130 [...]

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced that its members have so far donated over £30,000 to Transaid, an international development charity aiming to improve HGV driver training in Africa. Transaid plans to use the money to ensure that more than 1,000 African drivers have access to professional HGV training. In certain parts of sub-Saharan [...]

According to Skills for Logistics (SfL), the UK skills council, road transport industries need to take advantage of newly-introduced government funding for apprenticeships whilst it is still available. Investing in apprenticeships could also help these businesses to prevent skill shortages and fill HGV / LGV driver vacancies. There has been a rapid rise in driver [...]

With VOSA now using Weigh in Motion System (WIMS) sensors and speed guns to make checks on HGV drivers, there has never been a more pertinent time to make sure that all your drivers have appropriate HGV driver training. Investing in driver training will cost a little in the short term but will benefit you [...]

If you are thinking of a change of career, HGV driving is an excellent option. After the financial crisis that affected every industry over the last few years, many people are looking for jobs that are ‘recession proof’ and HGV driving falls into this category. The demand for HGV drivers has increased over the last [...]

A 26 year old haulage company boss is in the running for a top young entrepreneur award. Melissa Young won the regional final of the 2010 Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust (PSYBT) Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards last week in Forth Valley. The founding member of MH Young Ltd in Fallin won a cash [...]

The single largest cost when operating a fleet of HGVs or LGVS is spent on fuel. So if you can be fuel-efficient it can make a major impact on your profit margins. A by-product of this is also reduced carbon emissions and hence your company can also do its bit fir the environment. As well [...]

HGV / LGV driving apprenticeships are a great way of learning to be an HGV driver. HGV training is of course essential if you want to become a qualified HGV driver. And apprenticeships are a great way to do this. As part of an apprenticeship, the time spent will be divided between working with experienced [...]

HGV training is not all about learning how to handle the vehicle as you are in transit. It is also about knowing the rules once you have stopped the vehicle. So while you are undergoing HGV training, you will learn about parking your vehicle. Many HGV / LGV drivers find that they struggle to find [...]