DVLA

New software accelerates licence checks

Licence Bureau has launched a new digital licence scanning solution allowing drivers to scan their licences via a camera on their laptop, smart phone or tablet. The data is then […]

Abolition of VIC check scheme

The Vehicle Identity Check (VIC) scheme that is required before repaired write-offs are allowed back on the road is to be abolished from 26 October 2015. Discarding VIC has the […]

DVLA loses £170m through untaxed vehicles

A staggering 1 million plus motorists in the UK are driving vehicles that are not taxed. On the anniversary of the abolition of the tax disc, the DVLA has alluded […]

DVLA warns of email scam

The DVLA has warned the public of scam emails asking you to provide your driving licence and confirm credit card details. ‘We’re aware that some members of the public have […]

Ultra-green car league table revealed

A new shows that the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid remains the most common ultra-green car on the road in the UK. However overall sales growth of the greenest vehicles slowed […]

DVLA extends car hire planning time

Travellers needing to hire a car abroad will now have three weeks to share extra driving licence details with hire companies instead of three days, the BBC reports. The new […]

DVLA website struggles with new system

  A new online system created by the DVLA for hiring a car has been experiencing problems, according to reports from customers and car hire providers. A number of people who attempted […]

DVLA is ‘rushing in’ counterpart rules

  The car hire industry has accused the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of ‘rushing in’ new rules for motorists hiring cars, the BBC reports. The changes, which involve […]

Tax disc confusion hits motorists

Thousands of motorists are having their cars towed away and are being charged fines after unwittingly falling foul of car tax rule changes introduced by the DVLA, The Guardian has […]