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19th March 2009, Page 24
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Grocer agrees to give TC future assurances

A FRUIT AND vegetable firm has narrowly avoided revocation, but in future it cannot specify any HGVs on its licence without first informing the TC about the nature of its operation.

Bradford-based Sitara (UK). with a restricted licence for three vehicles and one trailer, had been called before North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney.

For the company. Christobel lianas said that although it had handed in the licence disc for the one vehicle specified, primarily because of the current economic situation, it wished to retain its licence. The company's fruit and vegetable business had suffered recently, and it was working with small non-0-licence vehicles.

The TC said there had been a proposal to revoke the licence since the company had failed to reply to correspondence following an unsatisfactory maintenance investigation. He was worried about the quality of the way the transport had been run. It seemed to be a typical restricted licence holder that was not sure what it was doing.

After Hallas had said that the letters had not been passed to director Tahir Rasul, the TC said that there had been a swift reply to the TAO's revocation letter.

Rasul said he hoped that business would pick up in the summer. If it did, then he proposed to operate 7.5-tonne vehicles.

Correspondence had gone missing and it would help if copies could be sent by email. He undertook that before vehicles were specified, the TC would be sent details of their proposed operation by Hallas.

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Locations: Bradford

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