ACQUISITIONS
If you’re acquiring a business that holds & requires an O Licence, make sure you understand the position of the O Licence.
What challenges may it include
- Any ongoing enforcement action, likelihood of action in near future or immediate areas for improvement.
- Audit the operation make recommendations on benefits & concern of acquiring help you plan for most likely outcomes / future so you know the story that you may be taking on
Private Equity
Whether you are looking to build a portfolio of businesses within the transport, distribution or logistics sector or a business that has a transport & distribution operation within it, it is vital to the value of your investments that you understand the level of regulatory compliance with respect to the Operator License.
After all, a road-haulage business with no due to regulatory action is a fine sale.
Getting it wrong, as we have seen before, can be costly.
The dangers of getting it wrong
- Loss of operations licence of the business
- Loss of repute or disqualification to the Directors of the business
- Negative impact on the ability to purchase any business holding an O Licence
- Investors loss of confidence of P.E business
- Share price impacted
What we can do and have done before
Our team of ISO9001:2015 qualified Lead Audits with many years of expertise at carrying our Regulatory Compliance Audits, can carry out a full audit on the transport & O Licence compliance of the business, either as a pre-condition of prevention or as soon as you own it to give you a detailed report so that you:
- The risks in the business
- Recommit on how to fine them
- A 12-18 month business import action plan to build on your investment
For a confidential discussion on your requirements and how we can assist, please contact our MD Andrew Miles.
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