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: Goods vehicle applications and decisions for the north west of England 7th February 2025Applications for goods vehicle operator licences to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for the north west of England.
- Guidance: PSV notices and proceedings for the north east of England 7th February 2025Notice of bus and coach operator licence applications to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for the north east of England.
- Guidance: Goods vehicle applications and decisions for the West of England 6th February 2025Applications for good vehicle operator licences to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for the west of England.
- Guidance: Goods vehicle applications and decisions for London and the south east of England 6th February 2025Applications for goods vehicle operator licences to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for London and the south east of England.
DVSA
- Guidance: DVSA privacy notices 6th February 2025Privacy notices for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) activities and services.
- Guidance: Sit in and observe driving tests 6th February 2025You can sit in and observe a driving test if you're 16 or over, but you cannot take any part in the test and you must follow certain rules.
- 2. The practical driving test (part 2) 4th February 2025Guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out ADI part 2 tests - the test of the driving ability of someone wanting to become an ADI.
- Carrying out driving instructor tests and checks: examiner guidance 4th February 2025The guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out driving instructor tests and checks in Great Britain. It's sometimes known as the 'ADI 1'.