Fleet Desk, for trailers and bodybuilders
Track changes in authorised vehicle and trailer capacity.
An operator licence authorises trailers separately from vehicles, and the bulletin prints both.
Trailers and bodybuilders
A licence authorises trailers separately from vehicles, and the bulletin prints both figures.
Vehicles get the attention and trailers get the order. Every operator licence authorises both, the bulletin prints both, and a rise in the trailer figure is a decision already taken weeks before anyone rings a supplier.
A rise in the trailer figure is a decision already taken about capacity, weeks before anything is ordered. The Desk gives you the operators whose trailer or vehicle figure moved, with the sites named, so you can check the account while the decision is open.
A real example
A real example, read for trailers and bodybuilders
From Fleet Desk. Real, checked against Companies House, at least seven days old.
From a real Fleet Desk briefing
High priority. Applied to grow. Altrad Services Limited, company 03337119
What changed. Altrad Services Limited applied to increase authorised vehicle capacity on licence OB2090086 from 4 to 14 vehicles, a rise of 10. The same application names 3 sites it has not used before, two at Middlesbrough and one at Scunthorpe. Published 2 September 2026, objections open until 23 September 2026.
Where. Middlesbrough, TS6 6LP, North East of England
Harrier Assessment: An operator that applied to raise its authorised vehicles has told the regulator it intends to run more than it can today, and it cannot use them until the grant. That is a dated reason to check the account. In this entry the vehicle figure moved and the trailer figure did not, and the briefing prints both either way.
Check. Whether Altrad already buys from you or a competitor, which of the three sites is nearest your works, and the objection date of 23 September 2026.
Which changes matter to you
- Trailer capacityTrailers authorised is a separate figure from vehicles on every licence, and a rise is a published change in what the operator may pull.
- Vehicle capacityMore authorised vehicles can mean more bodies to build, because a chassis is not a finished vehicle.
- Site expansionA new operating centre is a place trailers and vehicles will be kept, which is worth checking against where you deliver.
- Licence transferA Schedule 4 stage moves a site between licences without changing what is authorised there. It is not evidence of an order.
Before you call
Three things to check first
Did the trailer figure move, or the vehicle figure
Both are printed on every line, before and after, and they mean different things.
Who holds the account today
It is the first question for the call.
What stage is it at
An application is not a grant, and nothing may be used before one. The stage is on every line.
Questions
Common questions
Does it say what kind of body or trailer?
No. The record carries numbers and sites, never a specification, and the Desk never infers one.
Is a trailer rise more useful than a vehicle rise?
For this trade, usually. It is the figure most suppliers never look at, and it is published in the same line.
What area does it cover?
Goods-vehicle operators in England and Wales, across all seven traffic areas. Choose regional coverage around a location you pick, or the full England and Wales plan.
Can I use this for sales?
Yes. The Desk names companies, never people, and uses depot addresses only. Your own marketing rules still apply, and the Desk is built to make them easy.
What does it cost?
The 14-day trial is free and needs no card. Continuing is monthly by card, cancel any time. Regional coverage is £60 a month plus VAT, £72 in total and national £150 a month plus VAT, £180 in total, an introductory price, held for twelve months.
What happens when the trial ends?
Delivery stops on day fourteen and nothing is taken. Your trial page shows the price and a continue button throughout. If you continue before the end, the free days you have left are kept and the first charge date is shown before you pay.
The trial
Judge it on your own area for fourteen days
For fourteen days you receive your first briefing, then two weekly briefings, and priority changes inside your area on the day they reach us, as alerts or one daily digest. No card is taken, and nothing continues unless you choose it.
The fourteen days start when your first briefing is sent.
Chris reads every first briefing himself.
Your trade
Also read for
- Hire, leasing and asset financeAn operator allowed to run more vehicles is worth checking against the accounts you already hire to, lease to or fund.
- DealersWhen an operator asks to run more vehicles, check whether you already cover the account, before the decision is published.
- Telematics and fleet techFleet systems are usually reviewed when the size or the sites of a fleet change. The Desk shows both.