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Albu lifts services ban on Pilkington
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• In granting a licence to Pilkingtons (Accrington), enabling the company to take over the business of Raymond and Mary Pilkington, trading as Pilkington's Coaches, North Western Traffic Commissioner Martin Albu has lifted a ban on the firm operating local services that was imposed early last year (CM 12-18 January 1989).
The company had applied for a licence authorising the operation of five vehicles. Requesting the Commissioner to remove the ban, Raymond Pilkington said that it prevented the company from tendering for school contracts.
Albu said the ban was imposed because of the unreliability of Pilkington's operations. Pilkington said the main problem arose in a six-week period when the company decided to cease trading. The drivers were advised to look for alternative work but left before the services stopped operating.
Admitting that the services had also been unreliable prior to the six-week period, Pilkington said it was not the intention to run public services in the future, but the company would like to undertake school contracts.
It was operating five vehicles, having cut the fleet from 18 to a more manageable size following convictions relating to the maintenance of the vehicles in 1989 (CM 2-9 March 1989). Four maintenance staff, including himself, were employed; one part-time but available all the time. The company did not forsee any maintenance problems.
Granting the licence, Albu said it was important that a regular service was operated at all times. If there was any further trouble the company would find itself back before him and a condition would be imposed upon its licence.