If you’re planning to drive abroad over the coming weeks and months, the driving documents you’ll need may change – here’s what you need to know.
In my role as head of DVLA Systems Development it’s not only my job to ensure my staff have the right skills to do their job but also to support an eco system of tech talent in the local area …
On 26 February it was my honour to represent DVLA at the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards in Manchester. For the past 15 years the National GO Awards have been the benchmark by which excellence and progress …
It was great to receive so much interest in our first stakeholder webchat last week. There were over 300 questions and Dudley, Hugh and Lynette managed to answer just over half of them in the 1hr 30min available. We plan …
Well, since my first blog the development of DVLA Business Services is progressing at pace. We’ve identified several opportunities across government, as well as local authorities and some other areas. I aim to keep you updated with developments as they emerge. …
DVLA will be hosting a webchat on 18 February 2015 at 10:30am about abolition of the counterpart to the photocard driving licence. The webchat will give our stakeholders, commercial customers and suppliers the opportunity to ask DVLA questions on the …
It was my great pleasure to attend a recent ceremony at the Department for Transport (DfT) to receive the CIPS Corporate Certificate on behalf of DVLA. CIPS is the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply – the body that represents …
Foreign-registered vehicles being used illegally on Britain’s roads are now being seized by some police forces that have DVLA’s devolved powers. By law DVLA can give police the authority, under devolved powers, to remove untaxed vehicles. This was as a result …
As part of the government’s Red Tape Challenge initiative to remove unnecessary burden, it’s now been confirmed by Ministers that from 8 June 2015, DVLA will no longer issue the paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence. This means from …
A new offence, to make it easier for the police to arrest drivers who drive after taking illegal drugs or abuse medicinal drugs, will come into force in England and Wales on 2 March 2015. To help drivers understand the …
We’ve said before, and no doubt we’ll say again: transformation means more than fixing websites. It goes deeper than that, right into the organisations behind the websites. There’s a logic to it: digital service design means designing the whole service, …
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