CJ gets licence now its finances are sorted out
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• C J Transport (Birmingham) was granted a new national licence after West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh accepted director John Glyn Williams' word that outstanding vehicle excise duty had been paid.
The company had applied for a licence authorising the operation of six vehicles and six trailers based at Perry Barr, at a Birmingham public inquiry.
After the LA had said that the company had not so far been able to satisfy the necessary financial requirements, Williams said that he had faxed a reference from the company's bankers to the traffic area office, which he had been told should suffice.
Mervyn Pugh said the DVLA had reported that in February a vehicle belonging to Williams had become liable to additional vehicle excise duty of £712. No payment was forthcoming and proceedings were instituted in Swansea County Court. Bailiffs had been unable to execute the County Court warrant, and the DVLA had asked that no licence be granted until the debt, now £823.50, had been met.
Williams said that the outstanding sum had since been paid. He did not have a receipt yet, but he had a bank statement showing that amount of money going out.
After traffic area staff failed to establish the up-to-date position, by phoning the DVLA, Mervyn Pugh said that he was prepared to accept Williams' word.
When the LA indicated that he needed to know that the company had finance available of £12,000 to £13,000 before he could grant the licence, Williams said there was £10,000 in the company's bank account alone.