• Nearly a million drivers facing huge fines

    • 21 February 2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Motorists around the UK have been urged to check their driving licences to avoid fines of up to £5,000 Recent figures from the DVLA have shown that the driving licences of more than 926,000 people in Britain needed to be updated as of September 2022 The stats account for over two per cent of British drivers, [...]
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  • Counterpart disposal presents new challenges

    • 26 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The latest figures from CV-Library, a UK job site, reveal that job growth within the automotive industry is steadily growing In May 2015, automotive jobs increased by 1644% when compared with the same time period in 2014 This month saw the abolition of the paper counterpart – a fairly big step as the industry [...]
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  • OAP’s driving hopes crushed

    • 10 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The BBC reports that Surrey pensioner has been left counting the cost of failing to renew his driving licence after his car was impounded and then crushed by police Jerome Lee, 70, from Oxted, was stopped in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, for driving with an out-of-date licence He was told his Peugeot 306 [...]
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  • Driving licence changes affect businesses

    • 20 May 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The driving licence counterpart was introduced in 1998 to display information that could not fit on the photocard driving licence It includes penalty point information and provisional vehicle entitlements After 17 years of dutifully doing its job the counterpart will be abolished on 8 June 2015 This means that from [...]
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  • NFDA issues licence reminder

    • 30 April 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has issued a reminder regarding the abolition of the counterpart to the photocard driving licence From 8 June 2015, the paper counterpart of the driving licence (D740) is to be abolished and will no longer be issued by the the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency [...]
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