under because it was not being paid for work booked
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by large firms. "This led to borrowings costing us up to £4,000 a week," says director Neil Hooson, son of owner Roy Hooson.
Neil Hooson says he feels sorry for hauliers who will not get paid, especially as some also suffered from the John Dee Group's collapse.
He admits that cheques paid to hauliers have bounced, but says this was the result of "clumsy legal work" which led to a winding-up order closing Transworld's bank account. He says 50 to 60 hauliers worked for the firm and claims the com • pany has only "two weeks' worth of trading debts".
A company called Eazee Euro Services told CM it has taken over the Transworld depots, offering jobs to 30 people. The receiver denies this, saying it has received an enquiry from Eazee Euro but has not given it permission to do anything.
However, Eazee Euro director Roy Vernon told CM from his Nottingham base: "We have taken over the Transworld depots and will have work to offer to owner-drivers — we have taken on all 30 Transworld employees, including managers."
Vernon says his firm has operated for five years from other depots. "I'm going to try to run this new business profitably, not just for my benefit but for all the poor buggers who have suffered — the Transworld people left behind a load of mess," he says.
CM has received complaints from hauliers who said they were owed money by Transworld or had received cheques that bounced. One haulier claims that cheques for £1,188 and £541 bounced twice.