The compliance behind the fleet and the floor, run by people who know the yard.
A forklift near-miss in the racking aisles. A tender that won't score you without ISO 45001. An O-licence with a traffic commissioner asking questions, and the H&S evidence sat in three different places. Transport and logistics carries more overlapping duties than almost any sector, and they never arrive one at a time. Spectra handles the lot from one place, and the consultant you speak to has walked a warehouse floor and a loading bay, not just read about them.
Worked alongside hauliers, third-party logistics providers and warehouse operators for over 25 years.
The duties stack up fast, and rarely when the depot is quiet.
Most enquiries start with one of these. The earlier we're in, the less unpicking there is later — a readiness check now beats a scramble when the traffic commissioner writes or a client audits your site.
Pedestrians and MHE sharing the same space, a reversing incident in the yard, or racking that's taken a knock. Workplace transport is one of the biggest killers in the sector, and one incident brings scrutiny to the lot.
A logistics contract or framework needs ISO 9001, 14001 or 45001 evidence your current system can't produce, and the submission clock is running.
Forklifts, reach trucks and lifting equipment need thorough examination and inspection under LOLER and PUWER, and it's slipped, or nobody's sure who owns it.
The DVSA, driver CPC and O-licence undertakings sit alongside your H&S duties, and the two keep getting managed as if they're separate problems. They aren't.
A warehouse running on agency staff, night shifts and TUPE transfers when a contract moves. The HR side of a high-turnover, round-the-clock operation has landed on someone stretched.
One supplier, one set of paperwork that lines up.
The point of a single supplier is that the warehouse risk assessments, the fleet safety records, the ISO management system and the HR contracts reference the same operation, instead of you stitching four opinions together when a client or the commissioner asks.
One named consultant who knows logistics, and knows your sites.
Not a different voice each time you call. Over a year they become an extension of your team: the person who knows your depot, your racking layout, your fleet and the way your shifts run. It's an ongoing advisory relationship, not a job number that closes when the report lands.
The specialists you'll actually work with.
You get named consultants, qualified in their field, who learn your sites and your fleet. Gary leads the ISO work that wins logistics tenders; your H&S lead owns the fleet and warehouse safety system alongside you.
“Workplace transport is where this sector gets hurt. Get the segregation, the racking and the MHE regime right and most of the risk drops away.”
Book an H&S review
“I run the full ISO journey, not just the bit at the front. The aim is a standard your business actually uses, rather than a folder that gathers dust until the auditor's due.”
Book an ISO reviewTenders scored. Audits passed. Fleets and floors made safer.
Operators come to us for the overlap: the fleet, the warehouse, the ISO and the HR, handled together.
Transport & logistics compliance questions
How do our O-licence duties and H&S duties fit together?
Do forklifts need LOLER and PUWER inspections?
Why is workplace transport such a big deal in a warehouse or yard?
We need ISO to bid for logistics contracts. Which standards?
How should racking be inspected?
We run on agency labour and shift patterns. Can you help with the HR?
What happens to our staff under TUPE when we win or lose a contract?
We're a multi-site operator. Can you keep us consistent?
Rated excellent on Trustpilot.
Don't take our word for it. Rated 4.98 out of 5 by the businesses we support.
Alison always picks up the phone and quickly sorts whatever we throw at her. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Marco expertly guided us through achieving our ISO 9001 certification. Our sincere thanks to the whole Spectra team.
From start to finish, Barrie was professional, knowledgeable and proactive as Principal Designer on our project.
Workplace transport, manual handling, COSHH and nine more hazards that matter in a warehouse and yard, scored the way the HSE expects. Free 30-minute review.
Got a tender, an audit or a workplace-transport worry in front of you?
Book a free review with a consultant who knows transport and logistics. We'll tell you what's actually urgent across your fleet, your floor and your paperwork, and what can wait. No pitch.