For National Apprenticeship Week, Amy Taaffe-Evans (Head of IT Controls, Strategy & Enablement) shares the importance of apprentices within the digital profession, particularly at DVLA.
Last month, DVLA launched updated guidance entitled ‘Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals’ to help medical professionals assess their patients’ fitness to drive. Why we did it It replaces the previous ‘At a Glance’ guide, and helps …
The 2015 Budget Statement announced new tax rates for vehicles registered after 1 April 2017. So, what does this mean for the motorist? It will only affect you if you buy a brand new car on or after 1 April …
Edwina Hart, A.M. officially opened TechHub Swansea’s brand new office space today (Wednesday 16 March) in the creative cluster - part of Coastal Housing Group’s £25m second phase urban village regeneration scheme on Swansea’s High Street. This is the first …
DVLA’s Contact Centre is the interface between us, the organisation and you, the customer. There’s loads of really useful information on GOV.UK and most people will be able to find what they’re looking for there. But every year we still get around …
Held at DVLA’s Richard Ley Development Centre, our latest diversity event was to raise awareness of the steps we’ve taken to be more diverse. Over 100 people attended the event to celebrate diversity, and justly so - it helps us …
Three months ago, I left my job at IBM after 15 years to become a civil servant with DVLA. This hadn’t been on my grand plan for world domination. A combination of factors including a desire to spend more time …
In March I blogged about UX@DVLA as the build entered the final stages. It’s been a hectic few months and it’s the right time to give an update on how the lab is doing. I knew all the hard work, …
Since we launched a partnership with TechHub Swansea 12 months ago I thought it time to look back at how the year has gone. In our 3 year strategic plan we said we’d "engage with the local SouthWales digital community …
The first registration number, one letter and one number (A1), was issued following the Motor Car Act 1903. Since then all vehicles have had to be registered and display a registration number. We need to identify vehicles for road traffic …
DVLA’s communication team recently caught up with Carole Evans, OBE. Carole is head of DVLA’s award winning Contact Centre with a responsibility for over 1,100 staff. Carole has worked in our Contact Centre for 23 years overseeing the change of …