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• The four-vehicle licence held by Alexander and Shaun Simpson, trading as Simpsons Transport, of Walsall, was revoked when they failed to attend a Birmingham disciplinary inquiry before West Midland DTC Alan Cattell.
Test warning
• Homeg-uard Roofing Supplies of Rhondda was given 24 hours to have two of its three vehicles put through fresh annual tests, on pain of having its licence suspended. The company, said to have "one of the poorest maintenance records ever", appeared before South Wales TC John Mervyn Pugh at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry.
Not employed
• Blackpool-based Cooksons Bakery was cleared of a charge of overloading when the company appeared before Leyland magistrates. The VI offered no evidence after it was pointed out that the vehicle had been being driven by an agency driver rather than an employee of the company.
No more
• Maintenance problems have led to the authorisation on the licence held by David Turner Plant Hire, of Smeaton being reduced from eight vehicles and two trailers to six vehicles and two trailers. Scottish TC Michael Betts intimated that he would not consider any increase for 12 months.