Continuous and effective management is a vital part of your Operator Licence obligations.
Transport Auditing and Compliance Services can assist you in operating a safe, legal and compliant transport operation. We can help you manage your transport obligations more efficiently and effectively.
Operators have an undertaking to comply with various conditions on their O Licence and failure to comply is a criminal offence. These include:
- The laws relating to driving and the use of vehicles are to be observed
- Rules on driving hours must be observed
- Vehicle and trailers must be maintained in a safe and serviceable condition
- Defect reporting must be carried out correctly
- Record keeping must be maintained and available
SERVICES
O Licence Management and Administrition
Save time and money. Several types of fleet management assistance are available from regular visits to remote assistance, depending on your needs.
O Licence Compliance Auditing
Severals types of audits can be carried out. As part of your undertakings, for presentation at a public inquiry or quality monitoring.
Quality Monitoring
Regular quality monitoring of your maintenance and/or drivers’ hours arrangements will ensure you always meet your Operator Licence obligations.
Workshop Assessments
An assessment of the standard of yours or your maintenance providers workshop and facilities. This would include appropriate certification of equipment, equipment available for use, documentation used, necessary insurance, facilities available
External Transport Manager
Placement of an external Transport Manager on long term as a nominated Transport Manager, short term to assist whilst finding an appropriate candidate or assistance with a restricted licence.
Bespoke Transport Audits
Assistance in carrying out or developing your own internal transport audits.
CONTACT
Traffic Commissioner’s Office
- Guidance: Vehicle operator licence applications: guidance 6th January 2026List of traffic areas, local newspaper advert template and convictions and cautions you will need to declare when applying for a vehicle operator licence.
- Transparency data: Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers 5th January 2026Decisions made by Traffic Commissioners on hearings around Large Goods Vehicle and Passenger Carrying Vehicle driving entitlement.
- PSV notices and proceedings for London and the south east of England 5th January 2026Notice of bus and coach operator licence applications to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for London and the south east of England.
- PSV notices and proceedings for the West Midlands 5th January 2026Notice of bus and coach operator licence applications to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands.
DVSA
- Guidance: Vehicle operator licence applications: guidance 6th January 2026List of traffic areas, local newspaper advert template and convictions and cautions you will need to declare when applying for a vehicle operator licence.
- Get ECMT permits to transport goods internationally 2nd January 2026Apply for permits to transport goods to, through or from European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) countries, and the rules you must follow.
- Transparency data: DVSA earned recognition: accredited vehicle operators 31st December 2025A list of vehicle operators who have been accredited to join the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) earned recognition scheme.
- Guidance: Find a dangerous goods safety adviser 23rd December 2025Find contact details for dangerous goods safety advisers (DGSA) that can help you transport dangerous goods safely.







