{"id":15336,"date":"2014-04-03T09:34:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T08:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15336"},"modified":"2014-04-03T09:34:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T08:34:42","slug":"dsa-is-now-officially-dvsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15336","title":{"rendered":"DSA Is Now Officially DVSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced last summer that the <a title=\"DSA And VOSA To Merge In 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DSA would merge with VOSA<\/a> to create a single body. As of Wednesday, 2 April 2014, this change took effect and the combined body is <a title=\"Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has launched today\" href=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/UKDSA\/bulletins\/ae4c81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now known as the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency<\/a> (DVSA).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no information yet about when \u2013 and if \u2013 there will be a specific logo for the new body. The number of hits I\u2019ve been getting on the blog asking suggests that this is important to a lot of ADIs for reasons which are unclear. Far more important is the financial impact \u2013 good, bad, or remaining the same &#8211; on those who use it.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who needs to contact what used to be VOSA or DSA, just use the same numbers and addresses you always did until new ones are announced. 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