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Loss of repute 'inevitable' for eight-licence manager
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A part-time bus driver nominated as transport manager on eight different licences has lost his repute after it was found that he had been "carrying out his duties from afar".
Seven of the hauliers, together with their nominated transport manager Harold Wilson, had been called before the North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry. These were Ian Leighton, trading as Deacon Transport of Doncaster; Richard Green, trading as Douglas Transport of Brighouse; Mary Gilmour, trading as P&M Transport of Acomb: Frank Jones, trading as Fulwood Autos Commercials of Warrington; Philip Walmsley, trading as PW Haulage; Peter Ashworth, trading as P Ashworth Transport of Manchester; and Barry Dunn, trading as BD European Logistics of Bolton.
Wilson was also the CPC holder on the licence held by West Midlands-based Steve Richards Transport, also called to appear. Wilson said that he tried to have operators who were only about an hour away from his home. He had resigned as Ashworth's transport manager in October 2002, had come off BD European's licence at the beginning of February, and had resigned as P&M Transport's transport manager in the previous weeks.
Wilson told the inquiry that he worked two days a week as a bus driver. He admitted that he had never visited Ashworth, or met the partners. He said that in some cases, when he submitted licence applications he had virtually no knowledge about a haulier or its operation.
Jones said that he had only ever spoken to Wilson on the telephone; he had never visited him or given him any advice about how to run his operation.
Dunn said he had been operating for 18
months, in which time Wilson had only visited him twice. However, Green said that he went to See Wilson every month and Walmsley added that he spoke to Wilson regulady and he saw him about once a month.
The TC said that it was apparent that Wilson was carrying out his duties from afar.
Continuous and effective control had not been demonstrated on a number of licences and his failings were so great that loss of repute was inevitable.
The TC revoked Ashworth's licence. He also gave Green and Leighton two months in which to provide evidence of a satisfactory transport manager who would exercise continuous and effective control, otherwise their licences would be revoked. Jones, Walmsley, Gilmour and Dunn were all given warnings.