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Businesses were set up with the intention of being sold on to third parties for substantial profits.

THREE COMPANIES set up to obtain 0-licences, which were then sold on. have had their licences revoked by North-Eastern Traffic Commissioner Torn Macartncy.

He disqualified First Haul, First International Logistics, and Fast I International Logistics, and their initial sole director Luigi Ceo from holding an 0-licence indefinitely.

The TC said First Haul was set up by Luigi Ceo as a sole director, with Christine Ceo as the transport manager. It was granted an international licence on 22 August 2008, following which Luigi Ceo and Christine Ceo resigned their respective appointments.

The company was sold with an existing 0-licence for three vehicles and three trailers to Anthony Lucas in the summer of 2008 for £9,000, after the availability of the licence and the company had been advertised in the press.

Lucas discovered that the 0-licence had been revoked when he attempted to specify vehicles on it. He apparently gave the company to a Mr Chandler based in Southampton.

As compensation, Luigi Ceo agreed to provide Lucas with another company holding an 0-licence free of charge.

First International Logistics was set up by Luigi Ceo, who was sole director As part of the process of setting up, he obtained an 0-licence specifying Eric Dcjacgher as transport manager.

Luigi Ceo and Dejaegher then resigned their respective appointments. No finances were available for either organisation and Lucas agreed the 0-licences had been obtained by abnormal methods.

Fast 1 International Logistics was set up by Luigi Ceo with Dcjaegher as transport manager.

That company, which obtained an 0-licence in July, was sold to a Mr Baczynski for £10,000. Luigi Ceo and Dejaegher then resigned their appointments leaving a shell company with a live 0-licence.

All three licences had been obtained with the intention of selling licences on to parties unknown to the Traffic Commissioner.

Holding that Christine Ceo and Dejaegher had lost their repute as transport managers, the TC said they appeared to have been complicit in obtaining these 0-licences for sale to a third party.

Luigi Ceo had set up a series of companies and obtained 0-licences for them. After doing that, he had advertised in the press and sold those businesses at a substantial profit.

Appeal dismissed

NEWCASTLE-UPON-Tyne-based Brian and Sheila Robson, trading as Robson Farms, have lost their appeal against a formal warning for poor vehicle maintenance issued by the NorthEastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney.

The firm held an 0-licence for three vehicles and two trailers. The TC was told that a maintenance investigation was carried out after the issue of an 'S'-marked prohibition for a badly weakened driver's cab step, which was likely to become detached.

The inspection records were unsatisfactory, the stated period between inspections had been exceeded and there was no driver-defect reporting system.

Before the Appeal Tribunal, Brian Robson, a partner, laid the blame on VOSA. He said the defects would not have occurred if VOSA had carried out an advisory visit as it had been asked to do by the Deputy TC who granted the licence. The partnership had never been invited to an operators' seminar, but had simply been left in limbo for eight years.

Dismissing the appeal, the Tribunal said the TC's decision was not plainly wrong. There was neither any financial impact from a formal warning nor any other impact provided the vehicles were now kept in good order.

Revocation upheld

BANKRUPT LIVERPOOL haulier Stephen Hughes has lost his appeal against the loss of his 0-licence. It was revoked on financial grounds by North-Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick IVIulvenna.

Hughes informed the Traffic Area he would like to attend a public inquiry after being told that the Traffic Commissioner proposed the revocation of his licence. However, Hughes failed to show up at the inquiry.

In revoking the 0-licence, the DTC said that Hughes had failed to disclose his bankruptcy.

Hughes also failed to attend the Appeal Tribunal hearing.

Dismissing his appeal, the Tribunal said that Hughes held the licence as a sole trader, was the subject of a recent bankruptcy order and had failed to present any financial evidence to the DTC.

Interim grant for business

TREBELAR REGENERATION, trading as M_XG Waste Solutions, has been granted interim authority to commence operations by the North-Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell.

The Chesterfield-based business had applied for a new restricted 0-licence for six vehicles and one trailer at a Golborne public inquiry.

David Turner had been a director of Detec Environmental, which went into administration in 2005 after the business lost a substantial amount of money on the Birmingham Mailbox demolition contract.

The largest creditor was the Turner family pension fund. That company's 0-licence wa5 revoked on its liquidation.

Turner was also a director of Matrix Grade which went out of business due to substantial losses over a contract with Harland & Wolf in Belfast. Trebelar was engaged in skip hire waste transfer and refuse.

In granting MXG Waste Solutions interim authority, the TC was satisfied that this wasn'i a phoenix operation.


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