Motability's Big Event will take place on 17th and 18th May between 9am and 4pm at the NEC in Birmingham. The Motability Scheme will welcome an incredible range of inspiring speakers to its main stage at the Big Event, Birmingham. From celebrities, Motability Scheme Ambassadors, auto industry and electric vehicle experts, this year’s speaker programme promises to inspire and educate visitors to the Big Event. Special guests include Scheme customers Steve Brown a BBC TV presenter, journalist and disability influencer Lucy Edwards, World Champion table tennis player Will Bayley MBE PLY and Mark ..read more

National Highways is delivering a government commitment to add more than 150 emergency areas to motorways across the country including several sections of the M25 and surrounding motorways. Work to install additional emergency areas is already taking place along the M1 corridor from junction 16 up to junction 35a. The programme of work in the south will start from 25 April 2024 and all sections are expected to be open by the end of March 2025. In the South East over the coming months work will start on:   • M25 between junctions 5 (Sevenoaks) and 7 (Redhill), due to start from 25 April 20 ..read more

Motorists are now able to complete the 10-year renewal of their driving licence and apply for their first provisional licence online through the Driver and vehicles account.    Along with the current features, such as opting to receive vehicle tax reminders by text or email, account holders will now be able to renew their photocard driving licence, track their application and see details of their new driving licence once it has been issued.  First provisional drivers with an account will also be able to view their provisional driving licence and add a vehicle registered in their ..read more

Welcome to Pickering Motor Company, based two minutes off the M55 motorway. They are one of the UK's largest dealers of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles, also known as WAVs, direct from the Motability fleet. Each vehicle comes with a twelve month RAC nationwide warranty and 12 month RAC breakdown cover for their private customers. A one month comprehensive warranty is given to their business customers for peace of mind. We believe that you cannot beat their prices or find the same quality of vehicle cheaper. They are a family run business with over fifteen years experience. They have a well esta ..read more

This year’s National Blue Badge Day of Action, organised by Lambeth council, will take place on Friday 24th May. It is a critical initiative uniting all UK councils in a commitment to rigorously enforce the Blue Badge scheme and DMUK is proud to be supporting it. It is a day where participating councils intensify enforcement, increase public awareness, and educate communities on the correct usage of Blue Badges. This initiative is instrumental in protecting the rights of disabled motorists and ensuring accessible parking bays are used properly, enhancing accessibility and independence for ..read more

The car parts marketplace, Ovoko used historical data from the Department for Transport to discover the areas of the UK with the fewest collisions on average per billion vehicle miles between 2013 and 2022. It was discovered that Perth and Kinross in Scotland is statistically the UK’s safest area to drive in. Between 2013 and 2022, there were 122.73 collisions on average per billion vehicle miles. In 2019 there were only 78 collisions per billion vehicle miles. Coming in second was the Shetland Islands, with an average of 127.25 collisions per billion vehicle miles. The area’s s ..read more

We are sorry to say that our online Paypal payment system is currently down. If you would like to make any payments please contact the office on 01508 489449. We apologise for the inconvenience ..read more

New research conducted by the vehicle checking company, Motorscan has revealed the areas in England with the worst roads, based on the average percentage of roads requiring maintenance between 2018 and 2023.  The study analysed data from the Department for Transport, which showed historical road condition statistics for every English local authority. It was revealed that 24.6% of the minor roads in South-end-on-Sea required maintenance between 2018 and 2023, the highest of any area in England. This, along with the fact that 15.6% of the A-roads in the area required maintenance i ..read more

We are continuing our work with National Highways by helping the company improve the way they implement and notify drivers of roadworks and diversions on motorways and A-roads. If you could spare a few moments to take our survey, we will pass the data on to National Highways to give them the information they need to make further improvements.  Complete the survey      ..read more

A trail of new traffic camera technology that was first launched in 2021 by National Highways has gained the support of 10 more police forces from across the UK. These new cameras can detect if a motorist is not wearing a seatbelt or if a driver is using a mobile phone. This data is then processed and sent to the police. The trial has now gained the support of Durham, Greater Manchester Police, Humberside, Staffordshire, West Mercia, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire, Norfolk, Thames Valley Police and Sussex.   Drivers who break the law can be fined up to £500 for not wearing a seatbelt in addi ..read more