"Barry Salter" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:07:15 +0000, Martin Rich

wrote:

Incidentally, something that I'd often wondered, and somebody here
might know. Do the London bus operators (and, for that matter,
anybody else with a big fleet of vehicles) just send somebody down
to
the post office every month with a whole pile of tax disc renewal
forms and a company cheque? Or is there some more streamlined
process
for bulk renewal?

Looking at the DVLA website, it seems there's some form of
Electronic
Re-Registration process for Fleet operators, though it doesn't go
into
specifics.

It is, of course, also possible that the poor old Office Junior
could
get sent to the Post Office with a suitably large cheque (current
rate
for most double deckers being £500 for 12 months, £330 for Midi
Buses
[36 to 60 seats]), but extremely unlikely unless it's a very small
operation.


Not sure how this answers, but I've seen a few Arriva the Shires buses
with their Tax Discs stamped for the Arndale Centre post office in
Luton.
Which makes me wonder if Arriva the Shires (at least) really do send
someone down to the post office once a month.