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Time to make a fresh start
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TC revokes one licence, grants another, as Fleet Services looKs to make a clean break of operation with 'appalling' history. Mike Jewell reports.
NORTH WESTERN Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has revoked the licence held by a Barrow-in-Furness construction company — but she has granted a fresh licence to the company formed to take over its work.
Revoking the seven-vehicle/12-trailer licence held by Neil Martin and granting a fresh licence for four vehicles to Fleet Services (NW), the TC said it was a case of "out with the old and in with the new".
Bell had heard that four immediate and three delayed prohibitions had been issued to Neil Martin vehicles, including four endorsed S prohibitions, showing a serious maintenance failure. Inspections were not being carried out at the stated intervals; the driver defect reporting system had not been used for some time; and the forward planner was inadequate. The company's annual test history was poor; it appeared there had been no managerial control over maintenance for the past six months.
As a director of both companies. Neil Martin explained that Fleet Services had been formed to run the vehicles. If it was granted a licence he would not wish the Neil Martin Ltd licence to continue.
Admitting that the original CPC holder had left some time ago. Martin said the new transport manager. Ian Hollywell, had not been happy about continuing with Neil Martin Ltd and it was decided to form Fleet Services.
They had a claim for 1980,000 against the Inland Revenue and there was to be a hearing the following week, Martin added. A claim of £376,000 against a customer had gone to adjudication;a decision was due to be given in a A Inspections were not carried fortnight's time. Both those matters had taken out al the stated intervals a considerable amount of his time.
The TC described the history of Neil Martin Ltd as "pretty appalling". She needed to know that Holl■well was going to act as transport manager and was not "just a name stuck on the licence".
Martin said that now the Inland Revenue case was almost resolved he had more time to concentrate on running the business rather than saving it.The funding of Fleet Services was being provided by Martin Group (North West).
The TC said the Neil Martin licence had a long and sorry history She was satisfied that the problems with the Inland Revenue and the contractual dispute had resulted in Martin taking his eye off the ball. si