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Maddern gets fresh chance as UK firm
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by Mike Jewell The former directors of banned Devon firm Madder(' Transport have won a fresh UK licence after promising to shut down their Dutch operation and re-register the trucks in Britain.
Brothers James and Maurice Heaver formed Maddern Transport BY and commenced operation in Holland following the revocation of the Maddern Transport licence in May 2000 for a string of maintenance problems—It was said to be running vehicles that "could endanger the public''.
They sought a licence as Heaver Brothers for three vehicles and three trailers based In Exeter but the application was Initially turned down by the Western Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown after he learned that many of the Dutch vehicles were permanently based at Cullompton CM 27 June-3 July 20132). On appeal, however. the Transport Tribunal directed that it be reconsidered by a different Traffic Commissioner (CM 21-27 Nov 2002).
For the brothers, James Duckworth told DTC Geoffrey Simms that they had resigned as directors of the Dutch-registered company at the beginning of January 2003, although James Heaver was still the manager of the Dutch operation. The brothers were anxious to get back into the UK and take the vehicles off the Dutch licence. He agreed the IC had been concerned about the legality of keeping some of the Dutch-registered vehicles in the UK.
Duckworth said that if the application was granted, three vehicles would be taken off the Dutch licence and put on the British licence, James Heaver said that they wanted to return to the UK, but to start small: "We knew that if we were to ask for a 20-vehicle licence, It would be going down a different road. We thought you would look favourably on a small number of vehicles initially."
The DIG said that, according to a report from the Vehicle Inspectorate, the vehicles rarely left this country and the brothers appeared to have continued to "play cat and mouse" after being advised to get the vehicles back under the umbrella of the Western Traffic Area.
However, he said that the issue of their good repute was resolved and he granted the licence after the brothers undertook to Immediately reregister three vehicles on it, and to close down the Dutch operation. It would then apply to add a further 17 vehicles to the British licence within a month.