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
- PSV notices and proceedings for the north west of England 16th July 2025Notice of bus and coach operator licence applications to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for the North West of England.
- PSV notices and proceedings for the east of England 16th July 2025Notice of bus and coach operator licence applications to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for the east of England.
- Goods vehicle applications and decisions for the north east of England 16th July 2025Applications for goods vehicle operator licences to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for the north east of England.
- Goods vehicle applications and decisions for Wales 16th July 2025Applications for goods vehicle operator licences to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for Wales.
DVSA
- Guidance: Find software and IT that works with DVSA earned recognition 14th July 2025Find driver and vehicle software and IT systems that can report on performance measures for the DVSA earned recognition scheme for vehicle operators.
- Guidance: Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: vans and light goods vehicles 14th July 2025How vans and light goods vehicles are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
- Guidance: Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: cars 14th July 2025How cars are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
- Form: Apply for a PSV certificate of initial fitness (COIF) 11th July 2025Apply for a certificate of initial fitness (COIF) for public service vehicles (PSVs) with more than 8 passenger seats which transport people for profit.