BCC opposes application
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THE BUS and Coach Council produced evidence of money owed to various coach operators and hotels by Shaw's Coaches of Barnsley which went into liquidation in November, when a phoenix company applied for a new psv operator's licence for nine vehicles last week.
The Sheffield Regional committee of the BCC's independent sector objected to an application from Drapeweb Ltd, trading as Terry Shaw Coachways, before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners. The commissioners reserved judgement.
The Commissioners' chairman, Major General John Carpenter, said that though unlike the goods side there was no right of objection, the Commissioners were directed to take account of all relevant information and in those circumstances they would allow the BCC to draw such information to their attention as it saw fit.
Eric Lawrence, of Hargreaves Motor Services, of Barnsley, said Shaw's owed £6,100 to 23 coach operators and £40,288 to 18 hotels. As a result, members had been told by hoteliers that they did not want to deal with Barnsley operators as they did not get paid. The company's statement of affairs showed a trading loss of £81,000 in the last financial year and a deficiency of £76,500 on liquidation.
Anthony Guest, trading as Guest Coaches of Birdwell, said he operated one coach and was owed £1,1 8 0 by Shaws. A cheque he was given in September after chasing his money for some time "bounced" three times.
Terry Shaw, a director of Drapeweb and former director of Shaw's Coaches, said the previous company had run into difficulty because it got too large. He had run the traffic side leaving the financial side to his parents.
Though he had been aware of some problems he had not known the company was insolvent and as late as September the accountant had indicated everything was all right.
He now wanted to operate in a much smaller way.