Dollars hack haulier's licence bid
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West Midland Traffic Commi ssioner David Dixon was satisfied that Balsall Heath-based First Glen had adequate finance for a new international three vehicle/three-trailer iicence after sole director Eugene O'Callaghan agreed for a large sum in American dollars and sterling to be available if and when required.
For the company, Michael Carless said paperwork had been a problem in the past and O'Callaghan had appointed management consultant Robert Connor as company secretary.
O'Callaghan had originally run a company called Expo Enterprises in the Nottingham area. fie was effectively an owner-driver and his contracts took him to Eastern Europe for weeks on end. Then he ran a company called Expo Enterprises (Midlands).
A licence application was refused in February 1998 through lack of supporting information. A licence was granted in April 1998 but the firm ran into financial difficulty because of money owed to it and it ceased to trade in August 1998, surren
dering its licence in March of this year.
The present company was set up in October 1998. O'Callaghan said he had applied for an interim licence but it was refused. By this time he had a vehicle ready to go but it had not been used. If the licence was granted the company would run two vehicles, the second being driven by the nominated transport manager Stanley Russell.
O'Callaghan said he had not been prosecuted or had a prohibition notice in 30 years of operation. When the previous company ceased to trade he had not owed any money.
He would be carrying cloth and garments this time, he added. Payment would be no problem as the work was on behalf of Marks .64 Spencer.
The TC pointed out that it had been impossible to contact O'Callaghan for some time and this was not the sort of behaviour he was looking for from operators.
O'Callaghan said Connor would keep all the records for the business, and would be fulltime. O'Callaghan promised to notify the TC if Connor ceased to act as company secretary.
Granting the licence, the TC said that he did so on the basis that Connor would be looking
after the administration. O'Callaghan had to be organised administratively He also said the Vehicle Inspectorate should check the company's records in about six months' time.