MyDriveTime

04/06/2026

Cancellations and no-shows don’t have to cost you a thing.

MyDriveTime can fill that space for you in minutes.

With Intelligent Diary Gaps, you can:

🟠 Offer lessons to any of your students; one, a selection, or your entire list.
🟠Get smart suggestions from the app on who’s most likely to take it (but you stay fully in control).
🟠Send instant notifications so students can accept or decline there and then.

It turns “Well… that’s £££ gone” into “Slot filled. Problem solved.”

It’s smart.

It’s fast.

It helps you manage your diary.

And it stops money slipping through the cracks.

If you’re not using MyDriveTime yet, now’s the time.

(There's a handy link in the comments - sign up for a free trial today!)

02/04/2026

This month, HMRC are launching their new system called Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.

It affects all self-employed people in the UK.

Good news!

If you’re already using MyDriveTime and keeping digital records of your income and expenses, then you’re already half way there, and what comes next will be a breeze.

If you’re not, then this is the time to start and, as always, we’re here to help you.

Today we’ve published a new page on our website that explains:

🟠 What it is
🟠 Why HMRC are introducing it
🟠 How it works
🟠 What it means for you
🟠 How we’re going to help you with it

Check out the website page⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Learn what Making Tax Digital means for driving instructors, key dates, and how MyDriveTime helps you stay compliant with HMRC’s new digital tax system.

29/03/2026

Last weekend saw the announcement of the Intelligent Instructor Awards, and we're delighted to have won the Silver award for Professional Support Provider of the Year.

This is the 6th year running that we've been recognised in these awards.

Thank you for taking the time to vote for us!

And of course a huge thanks to the wonderful Terry Cook for collecting our award on the night, alongside a well-deserved award for our friends at The Honest Truth.

If you're not already using MyDriveTime to run your business, we offer a free 30-day trial so you can see how it works.

And if you're a PDI, it's totally free until you qualify.

19/03/2026

Dan’s been on his travels…

The Sheffield & District Driving Instructors Association always provide excellent CPD for its members, and Dan continued that trend.

Dan had a great time, and it sound like everyone else did too:

“We found Dan through our membership of The ADINJC and thought that his presentation would be useful to our members.

This did in fact prove to be the case, with Dan delivering a well thought out presentation with lots of good content and we have had some excellent feedback from those of our members who attended.

Highly recommended, especially if just starting out in the industry.”

16/03/2026

Happy Driving Instructor Day

08/03/2026

Celebrating the amazing women who have helped shape, power and steer MyDriveTime forward is a privilege for me, and should be acknowledged by the industry they help evolve.

Without them, our service, and those that have followed our blueprint would not be here to help instructors work smarter.

Michelle took a huge risk to join me in starting MyDriveTime back in 2013, leaving a stable, well-paid job for an idea and faith. She is the backbone of our operation, guiding our development with strong principles that ensure industry leading quality, reliability and security.

With over a decade of experience as an ADI herself, our Emma is the heartbeat of our quality assurance testing, as well as the main face of our support operation. She makes sure our customers are well looked after amongst many other contributions that add to our unique personality. We’d be lost without her.

And last but not least; our inspiration behind it all; my wife Jo, whose qualification in 2008, and subsequent needs for help with managing her business led to me creating MyDriveTime in the first place.

There have been so many other influential women in our journey, including Deborah Ascott-Jones, Lynne Barrie, Lou Walsh, Kathy Taylor and Vicky Folland. Without their advice and support, we’d not be as balanced and successful as we are.

Thank you one and all.

05/03/2026

We want to know your two favourite books.

Firstly, the book you love above all others. Fiction, non-fiction, it doesn’t matter.

Secondly, the book that helped you the most as a driving instructor.

Let us know in the comments.

And happy World Book day.

24/02/2026

You’re busy. That’s not the problem.

The problem is:
🟠 Evenings lost to admin
🟠 Information spread across notebooks, messages, memory
🟠 And that nagging feeling you’re working hard, but not fully in control

Here at MyDriveTime, we help established instructors bring order to the chaos.

Not by giving you more to do, but by giving you one place where your business actually makes sense.

When everything is clear:
☑️ Decisions are easier
☑️ Admin shrinks
☑️ And you stop running your business reactively

Being busy isn’t the same as being organised.

And being organised is what turns effort into progress.

Start your free trial and run your business like a business, not a hobby.

There’s a handy link in the comments to join.

23/02/2026

You didn’t train to run a hobby.

You trained to build a business.

Yet this is where a lot of new PDIs and ADIs stumble, not on teaching, but on everything around it.

Diary management. Payments. Records. Admin creeping in to evenings.

Here at MyDriveTime, we help new instructors set things up properly from day one.

Not complicated, and not over-engineered.

Just a clear, professional system that helps you:
🟠 Stay organised
🟠 Look credible to pupils
🟠 Build habits that scale as you get busier

Because the way you run your business in year one tends to be the way you’re still running it five years later.

Start like a professional, not like someone “just seeing how it goes”.

Start your free trial today and build your business on solid foundations.

We’ve even included a handy link in the comments for you to sign up with. 😊

10/02/2026

Today is Safer Internet Day.

For driving instructors, your diary is your business.

It holds learner names, phone numbers, addresses, lesson times, income, and progress notes; everything that keeps your week running.

Now think about where that diary lives.

A paper diary can be lost, left in the car, or opened by anyone who picks it up. One small slip and you’re not just missing appointments, you’re risking personal information.

A digital diary, when it’s built properly, gives you control.

But not every app treats user safety and security the same way.

A digital diary is only as good as the protection behind it. Where your learner data sits, how it’s stored, and who can access it genuinely matters.

With MyDriveTime, your information isn’t sitting loose on a passenger seat or in a glove box.

Your data is stored securely, and if you lose your phone, run out of battery, or switch devices, you can still log in through a browser and carry on. No panic. No rebuilding your week from memory. No wondering who’s seen what.

We pride ourselves on making sure your data is secure, not just backed up, but properly looked after.

You also can’t ring us and ask for your password…

because we don’t know it.

That’s part of your security.

What we can do is help you reset it safely if you ever need to.

MyDriveTime is designed with user data in mind: protecting it, backing it up, and keeping it accessible only to you. It’s not just about convenience; it’s about responsibility. Learner details are personal, and how you store them matters.

A quick 5-minute safety check today:

🟠 Use a strong, unique password for your diary software
🟠 Lock your phone or tablet with a passcode or biometrics
🟠 Avoid sharing login details with anyone
🟠 Log out on shared or public devices

Your car keys stay in your pocket.
Your diary deserves the same level of care.