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Allen directors lose another 0-licence
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• by Mike Jewell The husband and wife directors of Coventry-based haulage firm Frederick Allen. which collapsed owing nearly E700,000, have been stripped of the 0-licence for another of their firms. WG Goddard & Son.
The VI launched an investigation after reading in CM that our reporter Dominic Perry had spotted a former Allen truck running out of the Mayflower Vehicles factory in Coventry in July two months after the firm had gone into liquidation leaving huge debts and angry creditors.
At the time, director Carol Undy denied using the Allen vehicles, claiming they were parked up at their premises.
However, in September traffic examiner Anna Balcombe visited the company when it became apparent that seven Frederick Allen vehicles were being operated by Goddard without the authority of an 0-licence.
Two vehicles were subsequently stopped in a roadside check. They were displaying Allen 0-licence discs but both drivers said that they were employed by Goddard.
Managing director Bruce Undy said that when he acquired Frederick Allen in May 2000 he had not realised how badly it had been managed. Continental work was being done for less than the ferry costs and the rates being paid by Mayflower Vehicles were allegedly 40% less than they should have been.
If they had pulled out of the Mayflower contract when Frederick Allen closed down it would have closed its factory, he added; Mayflower agreed to pay more and the contract ran for another six months.
The company had carried on despite the traffic examiner's visit as they had wanted to ensure that the drivers were taken on by another haulier under the TUPE provisions.
Holding that neither the company nor transport manager Frank Naylor were of good repute. Traffic Commissioner David Dixon said a desire to preserve contracts and keep people employed was not a valid excuse for breaking the law, Operator licensing could not work if people disregarded the law, no matter how virtuous the motives.