Fewer skips • Maintenance problem led to the four-
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Fewer skips • Maintenance problem led to the four-vehicle licence held by Al Skip Services, of Port Seton, East Lothian, being cut b half by Scottish Deputy Commissioner Alan Worthington at an Edinburgh public inqu Wages repaid • Birch Transport was ordered to pay lorry driver Ken Birch £159.19, after a Birmingham Industrial Tribunal decided the had unlawfully deducted the money from his wages. £105.95 was said to be bonus withheld because Birch failed to clean his mixer truck and the rest was unpaid holiday pay.
Loss cleared • Rochester-based HND and one of its drivers ha been cleared of using vehicle with defecti parts following a whee loss incident. The case was dismissed after a police officer failed to turn up to give evidence before Barnet magistrates.
Site conditions • Kingsley Samuel, trading as King's Haulage, Aberdare, has been granted a two-vehicle licence subject to conditions banning vehicle maintenance, trailer parking and fuel and tyre storage at its site and limiting operating time.
Council increase • Wolverhampton Borough Council has been granted authority to increase the number of vehicles based at its Wednesfield depot from 14 to 31, despite opposition from neighbouring residents. The vehicles were being moved because the loss of a housing maintenance contract had led to the closure of a depot.