Quickborder's five-year ban
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• London haulier Quickborder has had its licence revoked and its director has been disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence for five years by Metropolitan Licensing Authority Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Ashford.
South London-based Quickborder and its sole director Vincent McCarthy — who failed to attend the inquiry — held a licence for six vehicles, but the LA heard that four vehicles had been used at various times which were not specified on the licence.
McCarthy was said to be hiding his involvement with other firms on the Quickborder application form. He had failed to reveal his position as transport manager for Aptain, a company which became insolvent in March 1986. This corn pony had been a front for J J Walsh, whose licence application had been refused. McCarthy was a principal shareholder and director of J J Walsh.
Ashford said he could only conclude that McCarthy's hands were not clean and that he wished at all costs to avoid any investigation into his affairs.
The LA added that Quickborder's vehicles had been maintained in a disgraceful manner, which he felt had put the public at risk.