Hughes Driver Training have recently been featured in an article with “The Times”. The article highlights the large increase is women entering the industry. Growing from 2% to 5% of the overall HGV industry over the past 3 years. The increased demand and salary has caused a huge increase in interest for those looking to […]
Below are the remaining CPC dates for the rest of 2021 and the whole of 2022. 2022 January 2022: W/C 17th and W/C 31st February 2022: W/C 14th and W/C 28th March 2022: W/C 14th and W/C 28th April 2022: W/C 11th and W/C 25th May 2022: W/C 16th June 2022: W/C 6th and […]
Amazon have decided to start offering their employees by giving them funds to pay toward their educations in the United States. This comes after their struggle to find and hold onto employees, with increased demand for labor outweighing supply nationwide. They are investing billion into their employees, as they will be allowed to access these […]
Up to 50,000 more HGV driving tests will be made available each year thanks to government action to streamline the testing process and tackle the worldwide lorry driver shortage. HGV driving tests will be overhauled, meaning drivers will only need to take 1 test to drive both a rigid and articulated lorry, rather than having […]
With the ongoing HGV driver shortage, more news outlets cover the issue to bring it to the public’s attention. The Daily Mail decided to visit one of our training centres to find out more about the issue. They discussed the wage increases that HGV drivers are getting as the demand for drivers increases while the […]
Welcome to our new HGV news and educational blog! Whether you plan on getting your HGV licence or looking to build upon your knowledge, here you find it all. We would also like to announce that we have been featured in a Sky News live feature and article. “ Rising wages and huge demand for […]
Paper Counterpart Licences As from 8th June 2015 the DVLA are no longer issuing paper counterpart licences. If you receive a new photocard driving licence after this date you will need to check their website at https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence to confirm that you have been given the correct Category for your training. It will also show any […]