With the changing of the seasons, our natural environment outside the DVLA offices in Swansea can look particularly striking. Julia Ashford, of DVLA's Sustainability Team, takes stock of what we do in DVLA to look after our local environment and reduce our impact on it.
If you drive, it goes without saying that you know you need your eyes on the road at all times. What you might not know is that DVLA has minimum eyesight standards that all drivers need to demonstrate so they can be allowed to drive. Dr Gareth Rees, DVLA’s Vision Panel Secretary, tells us more.
In our previous blog, we talked about the upcoming vehicle tax changes and how they’ll affect motorhomes. We’re now going to focus on imported vehicles.
We’ve just published our 3-year strategic plan and this year’s business plan, so it’s a good time to take stock of what we’ve done – and what’s to come.
We’re counting down to the 1 April changes to the way vehicle tax is calculated for cars and some motorhomes first registered with DVLA on or after this date. We thought we’d take a closer look at how changes to …
Given it’s World Diabetes Day today (Monday 14 November), what better time to highlight the potential effects of diabetes mellitus on one aspect of daily life so many people take for granted: driving. Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is …
Back in March we blogged about the changes to how car tax is calculated from 1 April 2017. The journey so far Since my last blog we’ve worked closely with the motor industry to plan for the change from a …
With the new football season in full swing, let’s think back to Euro ’16. This year’s competition clearly showed that it is possible to achieve more when we work together as a team. Think Wales, Northern Ireland and Iceland, playing …
A year ago we said goodbye to the paper counterpart of the photocard driving licence and hello to the service that does it all. Now, in one place you can view or share your driving licence and check a driving licence. Getting rid of the paper …
We recently hosted a GDS platform as a service (PaaS)/Cloud Foundry event at TechHub in Swansea. Representatives from organisations as diverse as DVLA, Met Office, Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency, Office of National Statistics, Intellectual Property Office and Companies House …