Guides
Fleet Operations Guides
Straight answers to the questions UK fleet operators actually ask — compliance, driver pay, PCNs, and vehicles. Written by the team behind Qinetic (qinetic.io), driver compliance, self-billing and fleet maintenance software for UK courier firms.
Compliance
Right to Work checks for courier subcontractors: what changed in October 2026
Owner drivers and their substitutes are now in scope. What the new rules mean for courier firms, the fines, and what to do now.
Read the guide →Drivers
Are your courier drivers really self-employed?
Employee, worker or self-employed: what decides it, why substitution matters, and how the 2026 Right to Work rules complicate it.
Read the guide →Fines & PCNs
PCN deadlines for fleets: discount windows and charge certificates
When the discount ends, when the charge goes up by 50%, and a simple process to stop overpaying.
Read the guide →Fines & PCNs
Can you recharge a PCN to a subcontractor driver?
When a recharge is allowed, what your agreement needs to say, and how to do it without losing the driver.
Read the guide →Driver Pay
HMRC self-billing for courier companies, explained
What self-billing is, the agreement HMRC expects you to hold, and the mistakes that catch courier operators out.
Read the guide →Compliance
How long do you need to keep fleet compliance records?
Retention periods for maintenance records, walkaround checks, tachograph data, licence checks, and incident evidence.
Read the guide →Vehicles
Driver walkaround checks: what DVSA actually expects
What a compliant daily check looks like, why drivers skip them, and how to keep evidence that stands up.
Read the guide →Want the checklist version?
The UK Fleet Compliance Checklist covers vehicles, drivers, PCNs, records, and driver pay in one printable PDF.
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