Driving a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) in many countries, require a certain level of expertise, as well as training that comes with it. The training is usually the precursor to getting a licence, which ...

Eight waste and recycling firms have signed up to a skills bootcamp for HGV drivers in response to a reported “chronic shortage”. The skills bootcamp is being run by the Department for Education (DfE) ...

A company which successfully trained thousands of HGV drivers under the Skills Bootcamp initiative, before it was axed by the government last year, is warning that without centralised funding for HGV ...

Rising wages and huge demand for HGV drivers has led to unprecedented numbers of people seeking training for licences, according to Britain's largest private driver training company. Hughes Driver ...

A transport manager says the HGV industry is struggling to combat its “chronic driver shortage" because new recruits discover they "might not get back for tea". Chris Kirk, from Maritime Transport's ...

Are you pulling those purse strings tighter? Thinking that you could do with more cash in your pocket? Well this is a potential sign to change your career? How? Become a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) ...

A HGV training business is set to expand with backing from a Rural Business Grant, provided by Barnsley Council through the Enterprising Barnsley programme. Premier Fleet Solutions, trading as PFS ...

Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT), says the first intensive short courses in HGV training have started, to help tackle driver scarcity. The free courses for adults to train to be HGV drivers ...

There’s never been a better time to invest in your future with an HGV licence. Within the UK right now, there are countless factors driving demand for HGV certified drivers. A significant increase in ...

Despite a mid and post-pandemic recruitment surge in the sector, and hourly median pay for full-time HGV drivers rising by 27% between 2020 and 2023 to combat the shortage during COVID, the transport ...