Llandow-basod Yale Contrac tors (South Wales) has been granted an
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Operator's Licence at the second attempt The company won a twovehicle licence at a Cardiff public inquiry after Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon heard that It had been using a 3.5-tonne Ford Transit tipper while a larger vehicle had been "sitting in mothballs" since the company's original licence application last year.
That application had been refused on grounds of repute after the company had admitted using the larger vehicle without the authority of an 0-licence.
Director Gordon Sivyer said that the company now desperately needed to have the larger vehicle back on the road.
The financial difficulties experienced with his previous business occurred at a time when the local authorities in South Wales were undergoing major changes, Sivyer added, and payment for work carried out was often delayed.
For the company, Paul Carless said that a number of operators had experienced difficulties at that time, with payments being up to five months late.
Sivyer said that the company was now thriving, with a number of its customers being prestigious "blue chip'' clients.
The TO granted the licence on condition that he Is shown audited accounts for the year ended March 1999 and copies of bank statements, with details of the odometer readings of the vehicle to prove that it had not been used.