Power Players 2013: Alastair Peoples, chief executive, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

An HGV instructor register is celebrating a “hugely successful” first year after attracting more than 540 members.

A career in logistics, including becoming an HGV driver, is the solution to spiralling unemployment rates – but the DVSA needs to sort out the thousands of lost driving tests during lockdown, according to Logistics UK.

Traffic commissioner (TC) Kevin Rooney has likened the use of AdBlue emulators on HGVs to fitting magnets to interfere with tachographs as the third haulier within a month was punished for cheating emission rules.