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DVLA loses £170m through untaxed vehicles
- 01/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A staggering 1 million plus motorists in the UK are driving vehicles that are not taxed. On the anniversary of the abolition of the tax disc, the DVLA has alluded to the fact that taxing your car is now much easier than before, however, the figures would contradict this statement. It seems due to the lack of a [...] -
DVLA warns of email scam
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The DVLA has warned the public of scam emails asking you to provide your driving licence and confirm credit card details. ‘We’re aware that some members of the public have received emails claiming to be from DVLA which link to a website mocked up to look like a DVLA online service.’ ‘The website asks for [...] -
Ultra-green car league table revealed
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A new shows that the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid remains the most common ultra-green car on the road in the UK. However overall sales growth of the greenest vehicles slowed in the last quarter. The figures are revealed in analysis of DVLA data by the RAC Foundation. There were 12,066 Outlanders licensed [...] -
DVLA extends car hire planning time
- 10/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Travellers needing to hire a car abroad will now have three weeks to share extra driving licence details with hire companies instead of three days, the BBC reports. The new system that was implemented 8 June 2015, requires motorists to access the DVLA website to generate a check code that allows companies to see [...] -
DVLA website struggles with new system
- 09/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A new online system created by the DVLA for hiring a car has been experiencing problems, according to reports from customers and car hire providers. A number of people who attempted to use the system (which does not apply to drivers in Northern Ireland) said it was not working properly, while some car [...] -
DVLA is ‘rushing in’ counterpart rules
- 08/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The car hire industry has accused the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of 'rushing in' new rules for motorists hiring cars, the BBC reports. The changes, which involve the abolition of the paper counterpart of a drivers licence, take effect on Monday 8 June. This means that anyone hiring a [...] -
Tax disc confusion hits motorists
- 13/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Thousands of motorists are having their cars towed away and are being charged fines after unwittingly falling foul of car tax rule changes introduced by the DVLA, The Guardian has reported. Figures obtained by Guardian Money reveal that DVLA clampings have risen dramatically since October, when the agency did away [...]
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