Annual testing & compliance Archives

Cutting the costs of mobile maintenance

|Date: September 02, 2019

Cutting the costs of mobile maintenance

According to recent research, having a single vehicle off the road costs one in three small businesses as ...

According to recent research, having a single vehicle off the road costs one in three small businesses as much as £500 a day. So, how can mobile operators most efficiently save their customers from in ...

September 02, 2019
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The First Steps To Operational Excellence

|Date: September 18, 2018

The First Steps To Operational Excellence

Basic legal compliance exists for a good reason: to deliver a standard level of operational standards to ...

Basic legal compliance exists for a good reason: to deliver a standard level of operational standards to which all must adhere. FORS aims to provide a pathway to operational excellence for all operato ...

September 18, 2018
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Logistics Operator Turns to TruTac For Time-saving Compliance

|Date: July 18, 2018

Logistics Operator Turns to TruTac For Time-saving Compliance

Sparks Transport, one of the largest privately-owned transport companies in the South West, has gr ...

Sparks Transport, one of the largest privately-owned transport companies in the South West, has greatly improved compliance control since switching over to TruTac’s fleet management software. W ...

July 18, 2018
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MOT And The Diesel Vehicle

|Date: June 06, 2018

MOT And The Diesel Vehicle

Hartridge discusses the wider implications of the 2018 MOT changes and how it’s not just passenger cars w ...

Hartridge discusses the wider implications of the 2018 MOT changes and how it’s not just passenger cars which are affected. Some very interesting changes to MOT testing have been announced and we’ll g ...

June 06, 2018
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TruckSmart Training

|Date: June 01, 2018

TruckSmart Training

FORS Professional, the training brand from the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme, launched TruckSmart in ...

FORS Professional, the training brand from the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme, launched TruckSmart in September 2017, as part of a series of publications developed by Transport for London (TfL). CV ...

June 01, 2018
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RHA leads delegation to DVSA stand at the CV Show

|Date: April 27, 2018

RHA leads delegation to DVSA stand at the CV Show

The delegation wanted answers to the current ATF tester crisis affecting the industry. ...

The delegation wanted answers to the current ATF tester crisis affecting the industry. ...

April 27, 2018
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The Regulations Keeping Commercial Vehicles Safe

|Date: February 09, 2018

The Regulations Keeping Commercial Vehicles Safe

Here, Richard Moorse, Head of Technical at TyrePal, explains how to comply with the regulations in place ...

Here, Richard Moorse, Head of Technical at TyrePal, explains how to comply with the regulations in place for today’s CV tyres. ...

February 09, 2018
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Trailer Compliance Checks

|Date: February 07, 2018

Trailer Compliance Checks

Trailer compliance checks require a reliable power supply to avoid false fault reports, says John Hope, M ...

Trailer compliance checks require a reliable power supply to avoid false fault reports, says John Hope, Managing Director at Hope Technical Developments. ...

February 07, 2018
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Direct Vision Standard – How do your Trucks Rate?

|Date: February 05, 2018

Direct Vision Standard – How do your Trucks Rate?

In 2016 London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the world's first Direct Vision Standard (DVS) for HGVs. Now Tf ...

In 2016 London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the world's first Direct Vision Standard (DVS) for HGVs. Now TfL has published its star rating criteria. ...

February 05, 2018
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Passing the Brake Test

|Date: January 31, 2018

Passing the Brake Test

Over the next couple of pages, to help operators better prepare their vehicles and understand the test, t ...

Over the next couple of pages, to help operators better prepare their vehicles and understand the test, the DVSA presents its guide to passing the test, complete with best practice advice. ...

January 31, 2018
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