Maintenance priorities were wrong
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• Llandovery-based Owen James, which was said to have got its priorities wrong over vehicle maintenance, had the duration of its licence cut so that it expires at the end of the year. The company, which holds a licence for five vehicles and eight trailers, had been called to a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry before South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh because of the issue of a prohibition notice to a trailer.
For the company, Paul Carless said the trailer had not been used for some time and the company thought that it could be left. It now understood that any vehicles on its premises must be "A 1 " at all times.
The company was involved in the haulage of timber from forests. Since late January, all the vehicles apart from one had passed the annual test. The company had got its priorities wrong in that the garage had concentrated more on the car side. "Now the goods vehicles are the bread and butter and not the jam," said Carless.
Cutting the duration, and directing that the renewal of the licence be considered at a public inquiry, Mervyn Pugh said that the action taken by the company had avoided the revocation or suspension of its licence.