Are you happy with DVLA?

MPs are to scrutinise the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and are calling for evidence. The Transport Committee intends to scrutinise the work of the (DVLA) and the Driving Standards Agency (DSA). Written evidence is invited on the funding, organisation and work of both agencies and they would be grateful to receive submissions by Monday 5th September. This is your chance to have your say about DVLA.
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Fancy a tax deductable trip to Australia?

The Australian Auto Recyclers Association are gearing up for their 2nd Annual conference in November. Following on from a very successful conference last year, they have kept the same location at the Shoal Bay resort in New South Wales. Actual Systems, the developers of Pinnacle software for the vehicle dismantling industry, will be hosting this year’s conference for the second year running.
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Maybe a staff swap could help your business.

Working hard, day in, day out makes if very easy to lose sight of the big picture. There is a whole world out there and that includes car breakers, and what goes on in other countries can often be imported and make a big difference to our own operations.
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Mobile pumped filter system for fuel now available

Vortex De-pollution Systems have launched a mobile pumped filter system for fuel which claims to clean the fuel to a higher level of filtration than forecourt pumps.
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More on Competence for Operators of Authorised Treatment Facilities

We recently received an email from Dr Lawrence Strong, Director General of WAMITAB expressing concern that our previous article about technical competence contained a number of inaccuracies about the scheme run jointly by WAMITAB and CIWM. He has forward the following article to explain further the scheme.
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