Operator 'sailed close to wind'
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• North Eastern Deputy LA Brian Horner has cut the duration of the two-vehicle licence held by Marilyn Brandwood, trading as Fridge Freight of Huddersfield, so that it now expires at the end of June.
He commented that Brandwood had been "sailing very close to the wind". The DLA was told that foreman-driver Geoffrey Naylor appeared to run the business on a day-to-day basis, and although the vehicle operated in the Norwich area, the operating centre, which only had parking facilities, was at Huddersfield.
DTp records showed that one of the authorised vehicles had not been taxed for two years. The second vehicle had not been taxed either, and that had resulted in a successful prosecution. At times there had been no transport manager, as Naylor did not think the business justified one.
In curtailing the licence, Horner said he was giving Brandwood an opportunity to make an immediate Operator's Licence application in the Eastern Traffic Area.