Banned haulier has its name on advert
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• by Charles Young Disgraced haulier Road Movement Services, which had its Operator's Licence revoked more than a year ago and is in the process of liquidating, appeared to be recruiting new drivers last week.
An advert was spotted in a job centre near the company's base in Kinross, Scotland asking for a Class 1 HGV driver to work 16 hours a week on a double manning job throughout the UK, Allan Morton, the previous director of RMS, denies that it is up and running again and says the job is with his father's con party, Fresh Service (Scotland).
The appearance of RMS on the advert was a mistake, he says—but Morton is not able
to explain why Fresh Service is running trucks without an 0licence. He says the company has applied for one, although the Scottish Traffic Area Office says it has never received an application.
Allan Morton's father, Robert Morton, who is listed as a director of Fresh Service, declines to comment on its 0licence situation.
In March creditors of RMS expressed concern that Allan Morton was behind the company and that it was running without an 0-licence (CM 1824 March).
RMS's 0-licence was revoked in Aphl 1998 following drivers' hours offences. Allan Morton was disqualified from holding or obtaining an 0-licence for five years.
Morton says he has only ever worked for the company for a couple of days a week.
Last March the directors of Fresh Service were listed as Catherine Morton, Allan's mother; and Lynn Suttie, a girlfriend of Morton's who worked in a hair salon in Milnathort. Robert Morton has since been added to the list of directors.