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As the festive season approaches and delivery demand peaks, the logistics sector is gearing up for one of its busiest times of the year amid ongoing driver shortages. John Keelan-Edwards, Managing Director of Driver Hire Training, explains why it’s essential...

The government has announced that the changes to Driver CPC will come into effect from the 3rd of December 2024. These changes mean that within the 35 hours of required Driver CPC training every 5 years, drivers opting for the...

Data from the Department for Transport shows both drink and drug-driving are growing issues. The number of vehicle collisions linked to drug-driving has risen by 170% in less than a decade, while drink-driving deaths are at their highest level in...

Data from Geolab, experts in road transport telematics, reveal that in 2023, the average miles trucks travelled before experiencing a collision dropped by 180,000 miles. For a major operator with a fleet of around 1,000 HGVs, this equates to 20...

The approaching deadline for professional drivers to complete their Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) training is September 9, 2024. To ensure that their drivers can find suitable training in time, operators are urged to encourage drivers whose Driver CPC...

Driver Hire Training has forged a link with the increasingly popular Youtuber, James Eaton. His weekly YouTube update, ‘Truckin’ with James’, is about his life as an HGV driver working in the South West of England. It has 16.7k subscribers...

It’s hard to believe that come September 2024, Driver CPC will complete its third five-year cycle, having been introduced in 2009. Since then, HGV drivers have been required to complete 35 hours’ Driver CPC training every 5 years, to retain their...

“Simple control measures would have prevented this accident . . . “ “Easy steps can be taken to reduce the risk of visiting drivers becoming injured on site.” Both of the above are comments from Health & Safety Inspectors in...

How many HGV drivers do you know who, alongside navigating a truck and its load, can do you a decent haircut? Not many. But Yorkshireman Dale Sheard – winner of Driver Hire Training's Driver CPC competition, can. He’s been driving...

Keep on top of Driver CPC - with Driver Hire, training is more convenient than ever The logistics industry is flat out right now – meeting customer deadlines as the economy grows, and as we head in to Christmas. Nice...

Following prolonged periods of working from home, employees are now starting to drive their company vehicles again. The risk to these drivers is increased due to the following factors: Apprehension about driving again Longer journeys being undertaken Less driving experience...

Upgrade your driving licence with Driver Hire Training. Driver Hire has been helping professional drivers to make the most of their career potential for nearly 40 years, as a recruiter and as a provider of Driver CPC training. Now –...

We believe that good training is vital to improving driving standards, but we also believe that spending money on a course should be a worthwhile investment, not just a way of meeting a legal obligation. Over many years, Driver Hire...