CheckedSafe Transport Compliance Seminar 2026

, Life Church Lancashire
Join industry experts for a practical, engaging seminar covering the key compliance challenges, regulatory updates and industry insights.

We are hosting a FREE Transport Compliance Seminar on Thursday 19th of November 2026, in Burnley.

Following the success of our previous Transport Compliance Seminar in 2022, we’re bringing TCS back in 2026, but making it even bigger, more informative and with even more industry experts.

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What to expect

Transport compliance is constantly evolving. Our seminar brings together industry experts to cut through the complexity and focus on the issues that really matter. We’re continuing to build the agenda, with further speakers and topics to be announced.

DVSA Enforcement

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What are examiners actually looking for?
Get an insight into what DVSA traffic and vehicle examiners look for when carrying out drivers' hours, roadworthiness and other compliance checks.

Load Safety

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The consequences of getting it wrong
Explore the importance of load safety and hear about the tragic real-world consequences that can result from poor load security and non-compliance.

Driving Licence Checks

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Know your legal responsibilities
Understand what the law actually says about driving licence checks, what it doesn't say, and how operators can navigate their responsibilities effectively.

GB Domestic Hours

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From paper to digital
Discover the practical challenges and benefits of managing GB Domestic Hours digitally, including insights from one of the UK's largest fleets.

Hear from industry experts

We’ve brought together several industry experts to cover a diverse range of compliance topics, designed to be educational, informative and provide useful tips you can use day-to-day with your fleet.

Darran Harris & Eve Brown

CheckedSafe

Darran and Eve, both solicitors at CheckedSafe will be doing a deep dive into the legal position of driving licence checking and how you can apply that to your day-to-day operations.

Maria Dennis

Load Safety Ambassador

Maria Dennis will be discussing the importance of load security, and the tragic real life consequences of non-compliance, and what operators should be doing to improve load safety.

Aidan McCabe & Steve Lyon

DVSA Traffic Examiner and Vehicle Examiner

Aidan manages a team of Traffic Examiners, who conduct drivers’ hours checks, weigh vehicles, document checks etc whilst Steve manages a team of Vehicle Examiners who conduct roadworthiness checks and carry out maintenance investigations. They are teaming up to discuss all roadside examinations at our seminar.

Steve Moffatt

Network Rail

Steve Moffatt is the Lead Road Vehicle Compliance Manager for Network Rail, and will be discussing the practical impact, challenges and success of managing GB Domestic Hours digitally, across one of the UKs largest fleets.

Laura Newton

CE Transport Law

Laura is an experienced qualified solicitor, who specialises in UK and European Road Transport Law. Laura has extensive experience in operator licensing and Traffic Commissioner proceedings, MOT Disciplinary proceedings, representing clients at Public Inquiries and advising on matters involving operator licence compliance, transport manager repute and regulatory action.

Mike Higgins

National Highways

Mike has worked at National Highways for over 20 years, originally in an operational role in The Traffic Officer Service before moving into road safety project delivery in 2015 with a focus on safer vehicles. Mike currently leads on work with Euro NCAP to address serious collisions involving HGVs and also research into the quantifying future impact of vehicle safety systems on the strategic road network.

Who is the seminar for

The CheckedSafe Transport Compliance Seminar is ideal for anyone managing, or involved with fleet operations, including Transport Managers, Fleet Managers, Compliance Managers, Operations Managers, Fleet & Transport Directors, Health and safety managers and many more. If you have an interest in fleet management and compliance, this is the seminar for you!

Sponsors

We’d like to thank all of our fantastic sponsors for taking part and supporting this event. The sponsors for this event are:

Event information

Thursday 19th November 2026

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09:30-15:30

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LifeChurch Lancashire, Burnley, BB12 6QP

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Free lunch provided (pie and peas)

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Free refreshments

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FREE to attend

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Don't miss TCS26

Join industry professionals from across the transport sector for a day of practical advice, expert insight and discussion around the issues that matter most.