Every week the official registers list each operator-licence application, grant, fleet increase, revocation and public-inquiry hearing in your region — across twenty-plus pages most firms never open. Convoy reads every line and sends you one page on Monday: who to call this week, and why.
or email convoy@signpostdigital.co.uk with your region and what your firm does
A genuine excerpt from a recent North West edition. Subscribers see full names, addresses, fleet sizes and dates — here they're redacted.
| Operator | Base | Authorisation | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| ██████████ TYRE CONTROL LTD | Runcorn | 10 veh · 10 tra | SN |
| ████████ TRUCKING LTD | Manchester | 10 HGV · 10 tra | SI |
| █████ TRANSPORT LTD | Ripley | 20 veh · 40 tra | SN |
| Hearing | Operator | Matters |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun, 10:30 | ████ CRANE HIRE LTD (Widnes) | S26 · S27 · S28 · TM repute |
| 7 Jul, 10:30 | ██████ MEAT SUPPLIES LTD (Preston) | S26 · S28 · S17 · TM repute |
A licence granted on Friday is a fleet that must be insured to operate. Seventeen operators crossed that line in one region last week — and applications surface five to nine weeks before grant, before anyone else has picked up the phone.
One won policy ≈ £300–£3,000/yr commission, renewingPublic-inquiry listings name the operator, the hearing date and the sections engaged. Revocations and refusals carry appeal windows measured in weeks. Clients at the exact moment they need representation — listed, dated, every Monday.
5 PI listings + 2 revocations in last week's NW edition aloneFleet increases and new operating centres are purchase signals for dealers, rental and finance. Audit undertakings come with named deadlines — three operators were ordered to commission independent audits in last week's editions.
Every new operator needs tacho analysis, maintenance & TM cover from day oneEvery entry carries a compliance note for your outreach — which contacts are fair game for B2B email and which the rules say to phone or write to instead. Reply to any entry and we'll pull the underlying register record for you.
Every week, for each of Great Britain's eight traffic areas, the Traffic Commissioners publish "Applications & Decisions" for goods vehicles (required under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995) and "Notices & Proceedings" for PSV (under the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981). We read every page of both alongside the DVSA's weekly licence-record files, and verify entries against the official VOL register. Reuse is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Convoy reports the register as published. Licence status can change — we tell you to verify on VOL before acting on any entry, and every brief carries its edition number and dates so you can check the source yourself. If we ever misstate an entry, we correct it and flag the correction in the next edition.
Yes — they're free, and we'll happily show you where. Each area's edition runs 20–27 pages a week, the entries aren't sorted by relevance to you, and the patterns that matter most (a revoked name re-applying, a restructure that looks like a lost customer) only show up if you cross-reference editions. At the standard rate, each weekly edition costs about £20 — less than the hour of reading it replaces.
All eight Great Britain traffic areas are available. North West and North East of England are our pilot areas with editions already in production — other areas activate as subscribers join them.
Capped. Each traffic area takes a maximum of five subscribers per desk type — five brokerages, five legal teams, five supply/compliance firms. When your desk's seats in an area are taken, they're taken; founding subscribers lock theirs for the duration. A call list shared with everyone is worth nothing — we'd rather sell fewer seats that actually ring.
The source is the statutory public register, published weekly by the Office of the Traffic Commissioner precisely so the industry can read it, and licensed for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Each entry in the brief carries a note on how the direct-marketing rules (PECR) apply to it — corporate operators can be emailed; sole traders should be phoned (screened against the TPS) or written to. We'd rather you never get a complaint than send one extra email.
The first ten subscribers pay £45/month, locked for twelve months, and get a direct say in the brief's format — what gets added, flagged or filtered. In return we get the feedback that makes the product sharper. After ten, the rate is £89.
Monthly, by invoice or payment link. No contract — cancel with a one-line reply and you won't be charged again. Your first two editions are free either way, so the worst case costs you nothing but two Mondays.
Tell us your traffic area and what your firm does. You'll get the current edition by reply — free, no card, no call.
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