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Application succeeds on the third attempt
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WALSALL-BASED DC Haulage & Storage has succeeded in its third attempt for an 0-licence, following a Birmingham public inquiry at which it produced satisfactory financial evidence, including testimony from a main customer.
The firm's initial application for a licence for six vehicles and two trailers was refused by the then West Midlands Traffic Commissioner, David Dixon, due to fraudulent bank statements and persistent illegal operation.
That decision was upheld by the Transport Tribunal on appeal.
A second application was refused by the current TC, Nick Jones, who concluded that the company had continued to operate without an 0-licence (CM 13 December and 31 January). The company had since made a fresh application for one vehicle and two trailers based at Willenhall. For the company, Clare Riding said it was a family firm with a previous 30 years of unblemished operation. It could not carry on for much longer without an 0-licence as it made only a very small profit on subcontracting.
Producing letters from various subcontractors and one main customer, together with invoices, Riding said they had refused to give the company written contracts.
There was evidence that the company's vehicles had not moved, and it was now only seeking one vehicle because of its financial situation.
Following an adjournment, bank statements and associated invoices showing payments to subcontractors were produced.
In granting the licence, the TC said the company had suffered a degree of financial hardship through being unable to undertake its own haulage.