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Diredor's inexperience leads to firm's closure
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A FAILING AND UNPROFITABLE operator has had its licence revoked for multiple offences, including serious brake defects. at the point when the directors had decided to close down anyway.
The licence held by Hartlepool-based C-C-S Waste was revoked on both maintenance and financial grounds after the North Eastern Traflic Commissioner decided that its problems were largely due to management inexperience.
The company, which held a licence for eight vehicles and six trailers, had been called before TC Tom Macartncy at a Durham disciplinary inquiry. Vehicle examiner Anthony Kingston said nine prohibitions had been issued over the last 13 months.
Last November he examined a C-C-S trailer following a road accident and imposed an immediate prohibition for serious brake defects and the king pin being totally detached from the plate. Between May and October 2002 four immediate and three delayed prohibition notices, together with four variation notices, had been issued to the company's vehicles and trailers, with one trailer being twice given variation notices when produced for prohibition clearance. Three vehicles presented for annual test in July failed for multiple items.
Director Stuart Allison said C-C-S was closing down because of all its problems.There was no money to carry on as they were not making a profit. When they purchased the business they attempted to run it to the best of their abilities.The fitters appeared to be fully skilled.
They thought that everything was all right but now accepted that this was not the case.
The TC was told that the trailer involved in the accident last November had been loaded incorrectly with scrap by the driver which caused it to turn over.The driver had never complained about the brakes and it seemed the kingpin breaking was due to the load going over. The Commissioner pointed out that, given the condition of the trailer, if someone had been killed Allison could have been facing corporate manslaughter charges.