muckles:
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With that sort of luck he’ll find somebody to sponsor him and then land a dream job loads of money top of the range truck and great boss.
Welcome to trucknet
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Welcome Paul - this is a great forum. Loads of help, advice, and some great characters. Some of the other drivers are OK too!!
Took Theory test this morning and passed!! 
Got 34/35 on the questions and 63/75 on the Hazard perception.
Now need to find a training place local(ish) to me to arrange an assessment drive.
congratulations paul. crack on with the next bit now 
Welcome to trucknet Paul… and congrats on passing mate… crack on with the best bit now…
Lookforward to chatting to ya in the future…
Tiggz
Well i have had a bit of good luck today i think!, got my local yellow pages and started ringing around all the various LGV training schools, rang a couple and they were quoting about the £800 mark for a 4/5 day course with test.
The next one i rang wanted to know my postcode before anything else, strange i thought but gave them my postcode anyway, “i have got some good news for you” she said, “your postcode is covered under a new government scheme to attract more drivers into the industry, this means there is government funding available to cover the cost of you getting your licence!!”, i have to pay them £275 for the course and as soon as i get a job or sign up with an agency i get the £200 quid back meaning i only pay £75 for my course!
Needless to say i have signed up with this company and have got to see them on the 29th September to fill in all the paperwork and arrange a start date for my training.
I cant wait now for 29th September, these next 2 weeks are going to go so slow now. 
ps73uk:
Well i have had a bit of good luck today i think!, got my local yellow pages and started ringing around all the various LGV training schools, rang a couple and they were quoting about the £800 mark for a 4/5 day course with test.The next one i rang wanted to know my postcode before anything else, strange i thought but gave them my postcode anyway, “i have got some good news for you” she said, “your postcode is covered under a new government scheme to attract more drivers into the industry, this means there is government funding available to cover the cost of you getting your licence!!”, i have to pay them £275 for the course and as soon as i get a job or sign up with an agency i get the £200 quid back meaning i only pay £75 for my course!
Needless to say i have signed up with this company and have got to see them on the 29th September to fill in all the paperwork and arrange a start date for my training.
I cant wait now for 29th September, these next 2 weeks are going to go so slow now.
£275! That’s ace, mine was quite a bit more than the £800 the other places quoted you.
Good luck with it, hope you get on ok. 
Good to see you are well on your way. Just a word of caution though, see if you can get some background info on the company ie references etc, they sound a bit like an introduction agent in which case you won’t actually be paying for the lessons but an introduction fee. Bearing in mind that the test fee alone is around £75.00 the use of a vehicle etc.
However go and give it your best shot, but should you need any further advice give Creative Training a call based in Rugby, numbers in the book, great teachers and I passed first time.
Thanks for the tip twopack
Went and had a look at the company this morning, they look genuine enough 3 trucks parked in the yard in their colours and lots of “learn direct” posters everywhere which i think might be something to do with the government funding bit?
One thing they did tell me when i was on the phone to them was if i hadn’t of qualified for the government funding then the cost of training would have been £810 which is roughly what everyone else is quoting in my area, so i tend to think they are a proper training school
Either way though thanks for the advice, it’s something for me to keep in mind when i go and see them on the 29th September.