My son who used to work for the local council HAD a HGV licence. It has now lapsed because he changed his employment.

At the moment, due to cock up beyond his control, he can no longer fulfil his normal job (although that will hopefully change very soon) and is out of work.

However despite having once held a HGV licence the cost and the time of having it reinstated is prohibitive. Somewhere about the £2,000 mark.

With the cost of training, in excess of what my sone would have to pay, and the length of time involved it is not realistic to train new drivers for this current event.