Capital allowances for driving instructors
Keith Halstead looks at how to maximise tax relief for driving instructors with capital allowances by claiming deductions on vehicles, computers, furniture, and more.
7 July 2023
The test touts profiteering from the waiting times crisis
In the backlog of nearly 500,00 tests, up to 24 week test waiting times having given way to an increase in test ‘touts’. Carly Brookfield discusses how test touts have snapped up a quarter of all driving tests.
DVSA Update: DVSA Chief Executive, Loveday Ryder, met with Transport Select Committee this week
Loveday Ryder, the Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), attended the Transport Select Committee on 5 July 2023 to discuss the agency’s efforts in handling the surging demand for driving tests. The agency revealed that approximately one million tests were missed during the pandemic, leading to a significant backlog. Despite efforts …
Driving test wait times have increased at two-fifths of test centres this year
Two in five (43%; 138) driving test centres in Great Britain have seen waiting times increase this year (30th January and 10th April 2023), according to new FOI data. In total 59 driving test centres recorded waiting times of more than five months (24 weeks) on both dates; 21% of test centres recorded no change …
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