In light of the current circumstances concerning Coronavirus (Covid 19), the office of the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have released the following document: “Response to Covid 19 – Operator Licensing, Local Bus Service Registration and Vocational Driver Conduct” The…
In the wake of the Covid-19 virus, the Department for Transport has allowed a temporary and limited urgent relaxation of the EU drivers’ hours rules in England, Scotland and Wales, as outlined in Article 14(2) of regulation (EC) No 561/2006.…
As we are now past the original deadline for most Driver’s CPC entitlements, those who have not yet fulfilled their full 35-hour requirement are facing a lose of work and earnings until they can do so. Please Note: If you…
With less than 3 weeks left to the ‘acquired rights’ Driver CPC deadline on 9th September, I thought I would provide an update on the performance of periodic training uploads. The data is extracted from DVSA’s monthly figures, but presented…
The FTA has written an article about many far reaching issues and concerns that face the industry with the rising possibility of a No-Deal Brexit. And in light of the planned scenario’s leaked in this weekend’s report (Sunday Times –…
The Government has outlined plans to make it an offence to use tyres of 10-years or older on certain vehicles – including HGV’s over 3.5 tonnes, Coaches, Buses & Minibuses; as well as trailers and semi-trailers. The website ukhailer.co.uk has…
As we hurtle towards the deadline for the CPC qualifications, we here at TMC Assist have received a number of enquires from Operators & Drivers who have left it ‘to the last minute’ to complete their Driver CPC qualification. We…
With the rise of Clean Air Zones (CAZ), more and more operators’ are seeing a rising need to refit or replace their vehicles to meet the requirements and emissions levels. But with demand far outstripping the production of new, Euro…
Further to our recent post on ECMT’s (Link), we are now able to share this recent release from the ‘International Road Haulage Permit Office’ (hereafter called IRHPO), concerning the rules concerning ECMT’s. New rules: 90% of journeys to the EU…
What follows below are two emails; the first being in relation to an application one of our clients made for an ECMT Permit, followed by our response sent to them. We present them here as a stark look into the…