TC Aitken rejects licence application
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TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER (TC) for Scotland Joan Aitken has rejected an 0-licence application from Cumbernauld-based Food and Drink Logistics after its director failed to mention his involvement with a liquidated firm. Following a public inquiry in Edinburgh, the TC refused the application and disqualified its director Allan Menzies from acting as a transport manager indefinitely. Menzies had been sequestrated since 2007 and was involved in a firm, Chilli Express (Scotland), that
entered liquidation in 2010. However, these matters were not disclosed on the Food and Drink Logistics application form.
Aitken also revoked the 0-licence held by his daughter Heather, trading as Thermo Logistics, based in Bellshill.
Summing up
The TC concluded that Heather Menzies had "engaged with her father and others in a
manipulation and abuse of the operator licensing system", and disqualified her for four years.