The UK faces a shortage of LGV (large goods vehicle) drivers. The crisis peaked in 2021 when there was a shortfall of over 100,000 qualified drivers. Three years later, in 2024, there is still a ...

SINCE the Driving Standards Agency driver training programmes in 1997 for the Large Goods Vehicle licence (LGV) formerly known as HGV, the transport industry has suffered through a shortage of goods ...

From 8 August, LGV drivers employed by John Lewis and Waitrose will receive a pay rise of around £2/hour in their base pay across all its regional and national distribution sites. The salary increases ...

The John Lewis Partnership is opening an LGV Driver Academy in November to tackle the lorry driver shortage. The group is aiming to train applicants in 13 weeks to sit the DVLA LGV theory and ...

Next month will see John Lewis Partnership open an LGV Driver Academy to train drivers in 13 weeks to sit the DVSA LGV theory and practical safety tests, helping to reduce the industry shortage of LGV ...

DVLA stats revealed a total of 3,552 LGV drivers were disqualified for having too many points on their driving licence in a shocking discovery. A further 567 drivers also lost their licences for ...

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DISTRIBUTION and warehouse firm Fowler Welch has launched a driver training programme that will see the introduction of new driver roles at its Hilsea depot. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...

Some 3,552 large goods vehicle (LGV) drivers have been disqualified for having too many points and 567 lost their licences by having more than six points within two years of passing their test, ...

Ben Shaw Training was told its reversing depot at Hollin Bank, Brierfield, had been compulsory purchased as part of ambitious £32million plans to redevelop the nearby old Smith and Nephew mill. The ...