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Information about becoming a goods vehicle operator, getting a goods vehicle licence and complying with regulations

• Overview

  You need a goods vehicle operator’s licence if your business uses goods…

• Types of licence

  There are 3 different types of operator’s licence for goods vehicles. The…

• Apply for a licence

  The goods vehicle operator licensing scheme is administered by the Driver…

• Fees for goods vehicle licences

  When applying for a goods vehicle operator’s licence, you’ll have to pay:…

• Operating centres

  Your operating centre is where your vehicles are normally kept when not in…

• Maintaining your vehicles

  You must keep your vehicles safe and in good condition at all times.…

• Employing or using drivers

  If you employ or give work to drivers, you must check that they have the…

• Make changes to your licence

  You can make changes to your goods vehicle operator’s licence once you…

• What happens if you break the terms of your licence

  The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency carries out regular roadside…

• Exemptions

  You do not need a goods vehicle operator’s licence if your vehicle: was…

Find out about tax and fuel benefit for company cars and vans.

• Updated: 7 April 2025

What to do if your vehicle, vehicle part or accessory is recalled, has a registered fault and how to report serious safety defect you find

• Overview

  You need to get your vehicle, vehicle parts and accessories fixed or…

• Recalled vehicles, parts and accessories

  If your vehicle is recalled for a safety reason, you’ll usually be sent a…

• Report a serious safety defect

  If you find a serious defect that affects the safety of your vehicle, one…

• Faults with vehicles, parts and accessories

  Faults in the way vehicles, vehicle parts and accessories are designed or…

Register for the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to get your goods through customs if you move goods through a border location in the UK that uses the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.

• Updated: 17 December 2021

Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing company cars, including fuel

When you have to take an ADI standards check (check test), what happens at the test and how your grade is decided.

Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe

This tax information and impact note is about introducing a new reformed HGV levy from August 2023, following the end of levy suspension period.

• Updated: 15 March 2023

• Updated: 30 April 2021