tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications News and communications from Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain (皇冠体育app Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain) 2025-06-13T17:30:00+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/the-end-of-light-goods-vehicle-acquired-rights 2025-06-13T17:30:00+01:00 皇冠体育app End of Light Goods Vehicle Acquired Rights Since May 2022, transport companies and couriers using vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland have needed a Standard International Goods Vehicle鈥� tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-conditions-imposed-on-operator-following-noise-complaints 2025-06-05T16:26:43+01:00 New Conditions Imposed on Operator Following Noise Complaints Following a public inquiry, the Traffic Commissioner Miles Dorrington has imposed new conditions on the restricted operator's license of Peter Youings & Partners in response to persistent noise complaints from reside鈥� tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/extensive-failures 2025-05-16T00:00:00+01:00 Extensive Failures In a public inquiry at the end of April, Deputy Traffic Commissioner Nick Denton revoked the standard international goods vehicle operator鈥檚 licence held by Transglobal Solutions Ltd with immediate effect. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/justified-gatekeeping 2025-05-06T11:26:24+01:00 Justified Gatekeeping One important role held by the Traffic Commissioners is that of gatekeepers to the industry. In a recent public inquiry heard by Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Victoria Davies, the importance of this can readily be seen. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/senior-traffic-commissioner-launches-consultation-to-review-approach-in-determining-a-drivers-suitability 2025-04-17T17:09:36+01:00 Senior Traffic Commissioner launches consultation to review approach in determining a driver鈥檚 suitability Industry regulator seeks views on revised Statutory Guidance and Statutory Directions. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/controlling-the-risk-of-bridge-strikes 2025-04-16T17:04:30+01:00 Controlling the risk of Bridge Strikes Following a recent public inquiry, Carey London Ltd had regulatory action taken against their Operator鈥檚 Licence by the Traffic Commissioner for the East of England, Richard Turfitt. Additionally, the vocational entitlement 鈥� tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/acting-traffic-commissioner-for-scotland-appointed 2025-04-09T11:41:04+01:00 Acting Traffic Commissioner for Scotland appointed 皇冠体育app Secretary of State for Transport has appointed Richard Turfitt as Acting Traffic Commissioner for Scotland. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/kevin-rooney-announced-as-new-senior-traffic-commissioner 2025-03-25T15:32:06+00:00 Kevin Rooney announced as new Senior Traffic Commissioner Secretary of State for Transport appoints Kevin Rooney as the new Senior Traffic Commissioner. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/insolvency-and-fair-competition 2025-03-14T14:38:38+00:00 Insolvency and Fair Competition At a recent public inquiry, Traffic Commissioner for the West of England, Kevin Rooney refused PHS Group SW Ltd's application for a restricted goods vehicle operator鈥檚 licence, citing serious concerns over fair competiti鈥� tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/reckless-operator-revoked 2025-03-04T00:00:00+00:00 Reckless operator revoked Following a recent public inquiry, Eddaball Scaffolding Ltd has had its Restricted Goods Vehicle Operator鈥檚 Licence revoked by the Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Victoria Davies. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/warning-to-restricted-licence-holders 2025-02-14T16:25:49+00:00 Warning to Restricted Licence Holders 皇冠体育app case of Concept Scaffolding Services Ltd, recently heard by the Traffic Commissioner for the East of England and Senior Traffic Commissioner, Richard Turfitt, has highlighted issues from which other licence holders might鈥� tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/a-catalogue-of-errors 2025-01-27T10:58:54+00:00 A catalogue of errors 皇冠体育app case of K & B Haulage Limited, recently heard by the Traffic Commissioner for the West of England, Kevin Rooney, has revealed a series of serious compliance failures affecting the company鈥檚 restricted goods vehicle o鈥� tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/lack-of-engagement 2025-01-17T08:45:05+00:00 Lack of engagement A case recently heard by the Traffic Commissioner for the North West, David Mullan, has highlighted significant and ongoing compliance failures by M&S Scaffolding (Cumbria) Ltd, raising serious concerns about public safe鈥� tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/cleaning-out-the-pipes 2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 Cleaning out the pipes West Midlands Traffic Commissioner Miles Dorrington recently heard the case of 皇冠体育app Pipe Corporation and sole director Darren Sockett. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/improvements-in-our-service-for-transport-managers 2024-12-10T20:33:21+00:00 Improvements in our service for Transport Managers 皇冠体育app Office of the Traffic Commissioner is seeking to modernise by implementing a digital by default process for most of our services. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/tachograph-avoidance 2024-11-26T09:20:17+00:00 Tachograph Avoidance Despite being a requirement for half a century, drivers鈥� hours regulations breaches continue to crop up in a large number of public inquiries. In one recent case, Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney heard the case of Onix Tran鈥� tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/disengaged 2024-11-11T11:55:16+00:00 Disengaged In a recent public inquiry, Traffic Commissioner Victoria Davies heard the case of PSM Recycling and HIAB Services Limited. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/bridge-strike-guidance 2024-10-25T00:00:00+01:00 Bridge Strike Guidance A few years ago, after a high number of bridge strikes across the country, the Senior Traffic Commissioner, Richard Turfitt, wrote a letter to all operators across the country. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/traffic-commissioners-for-great-britain-publish-2023-24-annual-report 2024-10-07T10:04:12+01:00 Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain publish 2023-24 annual report 皇冠体育app Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have today (7 October 2024) released their Annual Report to the Secretary of State for 2023 to 2024. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/ill-prepared 2024-09-27T11:49:39+01:00 Ill prepared In a recent public inquiry, Traffic Commissioner Miles Dorrington heard the case of Peter Edward Douglas.