Purity puts its licence at risk
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• Purity Soft Drinks has been warned by West Midland Deputy LA Roger Seymour that two prohibition notices have put its five-vehicle licence at risk, Managing director Timothy Cox said that the issue of an immediate and a delayed prohibition in March had come as a complete surprise. The vehicles were maintained by a commercial garage, and the vehicle given the immediate prohibition had only passed its MoT test in February. Arrangements had now been made for Purity's vehicles to be maintained by Tipton Transport.
James Beddows, Tipton Transport's service manager, said that having looked at the vehicles and the maintenance records, he concluded that the previous standard of maintenance was poor.
For the company, Martin Jones said that it had relied upon experts and had been let down.
Taking no action, Seymour said it was his normal policy to suspend vehicles when immediate prohibitions had been issued.
However, the company had taken a responsible attitude, making arrangements with Tipton Transport and accepting its advice.