Key2 DVLA Licence Checking (Jaama) - Company details

On Monday 10 November the Agency will be involved in industrial action. According to the agency a spokesman said: “Maintaining a service to customers is a priority and the Agency will ensure disruption to customer service is minimised. However, it is possible that some of our Local Offices may be closed or offering a restricted service. Our Contact Centre will also be offering a restricted service. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause and would suggest that you conduct any ... read more

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has issued a consultation paper on the proposed fee structure for driving licensing transactions in Great Britain for 2009/10. Changes to License fees will affect every motorist in the UK so it is important to make sure you have a look at this paper. Anyone wishing to comment on the proposed revised fees must do so by 23 January 2009. The consultation paper is available on our website at www.dvla.gov.uk/consultations Chief Executive Noel ... read more

Clacton-on-Sea chiropodist Kevin Withers put his best foot forward and became the first person in Britain to buy a DVLA Personalised Registration online – thanks to DVLAs’ new commercial website! While the agency has sold millions of private registrations over the past 20 years, the 49-year-old became its latest unique customer when, at 8.20am on Thursday, October 9, he combined his initials and profession in buying the rather apt plate, KW54 TOE. Mr Withers, said: “I just couldn’t ... read more

The AA is pressurizing the Government to help motorists in the current climate and to try and keep their costs down. The AA president has written to the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Angela Eagle MP, demanding action to help motorists. This comes amidst growing speculation that the Chancellor may look to increase fuel duty at the next budget. The AA welcomed the Prime Minister’s recent call for petrol companies and retailers to quickly pass on fuel price reductions to the motoring ... read more

DVLA Personalised Registrations has shone a light on the cloud of financial uncertainty by setting a new sales record for personalised registrations sold in a single day. Tuesday’s launch of the F-prefix registrations amassed £3.42 million in 10 hours, surpassing the previous highest figure by more than £200,000 set four years ago with the launch of the E-series. The sale proved to be so intense, more than 40,000 call attempts were being made per hour throughout the day. The F-Series, ... read more

New powers to allow targeted enforcement against car tax evaders come into force today (October 1). Under the new rules the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) in Northern Ireland will be able to enforce against untaxed vehicles parked off the public road e.g. in local authority car parks. The message from DVLA is that vehicles must be taxed if used or kept on a public road. If the vehicle is kept off-road it must either be taxed or have a SORN in ... read more

Fleets and company car drivers could face huge unexpected bills as a consequence of new rules on capital allowances coming into effect from April next year, according to leading fleet consultancy Fleet Audits. The changes, which are based around a car’s CO2 emissions, will hit many companies that buy vehicles outright and all fleets that lease their company cars. With effect from April 1, 2009 for corporation tax purposes (April 6, 2009 for income tax) expenditure on cars with CO2 emissions ... read more

The fifth auction of cherished number plates of 2008 was held at the Haycock Hotel, Peterborough on the 24th,25th and 26th of September 2008. The auction was organised by Premier Motor Auctions on behalf of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority. In total, bids were more or less the same as the last auction at £3,120,100 net of VAT, auctioneer’s commission and transfer fee. Top selling registration number sold was 6B, the first single letter single number registration to be ... read more

Driver CPC raises the bar on driving as a professional ‘career’– but it must be consistently enforced, argues Eddie Parker, head of LCVs at Masterlease. The image of truckers as ‘out-of-condition and out-of-touch’ is part of a motoring folklore bent out of shape by popular stereotypes that only serve to starve the industry of the next generation of drivers, argues Eddie Parker, head of LCVs at Masterlease. Parker welcomes the new EU-led Driver Certificate of Professional Competence ... read more

Employees at the Labour Party now have to qualify for a ‘Permit to Drive’ from managers before they are allowed to use vehicles for business purposes. The safety-first initiative is part of a drive by the Party to ensure it is meeting its duty of care to staff and to show them that health and safety is not just in the office but also out on the road. Labour Party work-driving regional officials have been enrolled in the ‘Permit to Drive’ system, which is part of the RiskMaster ... read more

Motorists will have greater flexibility when renewing their vehicle tax disc after improvements introduced by the DVLA. The DVLA has made two changes to its system which will increase the amount of time you have to tax your car. The DVLA had found that towards the end of the month, many motorists taxing their vehicle online or by phone do not complete the transaction when they realise that their tax disc may not be received in time for the 1st of the following month. So, as a result from the ... read more

The DVLA Personalised Registrations has announced that it is unlocking its safe to release F-Series registrations – the final set of prefix numbers previously unavailable en mass to private plate aficionados. Among the many potential buyers for the F-series is the motorsport fraternity, which uses the popular F1, F2 and F3 race series acronyms, and with so many sons of famous race drivers now competing for honours in the sport the registration F1 DAD could find a home in a famous motorsport ... read more

LEEDS-based Premier Motorauctions has retained its contract with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to auction personalised number plates. Premier was first awarded the contract in 2001 and, in winning it for a second time, had to fight off opposition from other auction houses and companies. Keith Elliott, Premier’s managing director said: “We are thrilled at the news. “In our first five years we increased DVLA’s auction revenue by over £60m and we have ... read more

There are fears among the industry that some goods vehicle producers are not planning for legislation arriving on 29 April 2009 Commercial vehicle suppliers face a major challenge with the introduction of EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) legislation next Spring. The new regime is designed to produce common standards for EU commercial vehicles, but as a side-effect and is likely to significantly increase the cost and complexity involved in manufacturing and procuring bespoke vehicles. ... read more

Further to Simon’s post on the rise of cloned cars, HPI is now warning traders to protect themselves from the growing threat of van cloning as well. Latest research from vehicle provenance expert, HPI, reveals that the Ford Transit van is number two in the UK’s top ten cloned vehicles. Criminals create a ‘clone’ of a van by stealing the identity from another similar vehicle. They replace the number plates and VIN on their van with the stolen identity from an almost identical vehicle ... read more