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Recovery firm takes over associate's work
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CARDIFF-BASED Dragon Truck & Van has successfully applied for an 0-licence to take over the work of an associate firm that lost its licence through default.The defunct associate,Car Exchange (Cardiff), had transported ears hut an inquiry heard that it ran into "difficulties with contracts".
Welsh Deputy Traffic Commissioner Alan Jenkins gave Dragon Truck & Van authorisation for 25 trucks and 15 trailers at a Cardiff public inquityThe company had been operating under interim authority. Dragon director Stephen Powell, a former director of Car Exchange, said the associate company no longer traded and was dormant. It was not insolvent and all creditors had been paid.The manager who ran Car Exchange had been doing too much and ran into difficulties with contracts.The new company was part of recovery firm Dragon Rescue.
For the company, Christopher Childs said the Car Exchange licence had been revoked by default. Following an unsatisfactory maintenance investigation, it was decided to bring the business into Dragon. A second investigation showed the original problems had been rectified.
Dragon sales director Graham Maurer said there were now no difficulties with record keepingThe new arrangement gave more control of the vehicles. He had the final say and could take vehicles off the road. The Dragon recovery fleet, which did not require an 0-licence, was subject to the same maintenance regime as the 0-licence fleet.