THE Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has appointed PwC Consulting as its new strategic business partner.

The initiative, known as PACT (Partners Achieving Change Together) aims, the DVLA said, to meet 'the agency's long-term strategy of delivering enhanced and expanded services to the public while underpinning its continued commitment to achieving the outcomes of better road safety, reduced car crime and an improved environment'.

It added that technology and innovation were at the heart of achieving these aims.