OPERATIONS by a West Midlands haulier, described as being "far
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from satisfactory" has led to the refusal of an appeal to the Transport Tribunal against the revocation of the company's 0 licence.
Revocation came after Mr George Atterbury, managing director of the newly-formed Atterbury Transport Services company had applied for a new licence. He had been in haulage for seven or eight years and his old licence was .due to expire.
After West Midlands LA Mr A. A. Crabtree had heared that Mr Atterbury had been conducting his operations unsatisfactorily he decided to grant the new licence for one year only "to give him a chance to put his house in order."
Atterbury Transport Services had been founded in early 1976 and Mr Atterbury applied for another 0 licence for the new company. When he applied, both the LA's office and the vehicle examiners looked into Mr Atterbury's operation "and found it to be far from satisfactory."
At a Section 69 hearing initiated by the LA with a view