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Latest news, information and tips to keep you safe and ready for the road.

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Our Guide to Teaching Someone to Drive

Want to teach your child to drive? Or want to supervise a learner while they get essential practice outside of lessons? In this post we’ll cover everything you need to know. Do You Need a Driving Instructor? First, forget about teaching the learner entirely by...

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How to Secure Your Van – Our Top Tips

Tool theft from vans appears to be on the rise. An ECIC study reported a 55% rise in insurance claims for tool theft in 2019 alone. In this post, we’ll explore some ways you can reduce the risk of tool theft from vans. When it comes to theft, prevention is better...

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Gift Ideas for Learner Drivers

What’s the best gift for a learner driver? Something that’ll help them pass their test, sure. But you can also consider getting them something genuinely useful for the car – or even something that’ll give them that extra incentive to pass their test first time. In...

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Catalytic Converter Thefts – How to Prevent Them

Between 2019 and 2020, consumer research group Which? reported a 104% rise in catalytic converter theft across the UK. In this post we’ll explore why thieves are targeting catalytic converters, and the ways in which you could protect yourself from catalytic...

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What Are the Best Medium-Sized Vans to Buy in 2021?

Medium vans offer the best of both worlds – the power and practicality of large vans combined with the manoeuvrability and efficiency of smaller vans. They’re a sensible, versatile, dependable choice for almost any application. So whether you’re a builder, a...

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What is Vehicle Tax and How Much is It?

Before we talk about vehicle tax, let’s clear up a common misconception. “Vehicle tax”, “car tax” and “van tax” are not the same thing as “road tax”. The government funds road upkeep largely out of general taxation. That means that all road users pay “road tax” –...

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Your Ultimate Family Camping Checklist

You don’t have to go abroad to go on holiday! And nothing beats camping for a fun and affordable excursion for the whole family closer to home. If you’ve never gone camping before, you might be wondering where to start. So this is your ultimate family camping...

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Does a Dash Cam Work When Your Car is Off?

Dash cams can prove invaluable for settling certain disputes on the road. If you have a recording of an incident, you’ll have proof of just what exactly caused the accident, and who was at fault. This has helped settle countless disputes, and secured many people...

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  Enter our competition for your chance to win. We are hoping that the lockdown restrictions will be lifted this year and we can start doing things we love once again.  To celebrate we would like to give one lucky person the chance to win a £200 Ticketmaster...

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What Are Car Insurance Groups?

What are car insurance groups? What cars are in insurance groups 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on? And what about vans? Car insurance groups are pretty easy to understand. In short, the lower your car insurance group, the less you’ll pay for your car insurance. But what...

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What To Do When Someone Hits Your Parked Car

What To Do When Someone Hits Your Parked Car and Leaves a Note So you return to your parked car and find a note on the windscreen. It’s from another motorist who accidentally hit your parked car. What should you do now? Assess the damage. Whether it’s a tiny dent...

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2021 Guide to Taxing Your Van

How much road tax do you have to pay as a van driver in 2021? In this post we’ll explain the UK van tax bands for 2021, with a link to a handy commercial vehicle tax calculator that’ll tell you exactly how much you can expect to pay. What is Van Tax? When we talk...