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Gash goes to Lincolnshire
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Though revoking the NV operator's licence of W Gash & Son of Newark, Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd has increased the vehicle authorisation of sister company Lincolnshire Road Car Co from 160 to 200 vehicles, which could allow the two businesses to be merged.
Gash had been called to disciplinary proceedings in Nottingham, where the Commissioner was considering the Lincs Road Car application.
Evidence was given that both companies were subsidiaries of Yorkshire Traction, which acquired Gash in March 1988.
Vehicle examiner Keith Bostock said he examined 35 Gash vehicles in February, issuing 16 immediate prohibitions, four delayed prohibitions and 11 defect notices.
For both companies, Michael Waller said a satisfactory check on the Gash fleet in February 1988 had lulled management into a false sense of security.
Gash had initially been allowed to operate as a separate entity, though it was always the intention to eventually merge it with Lines Road Car. Senior management had been aghast when they learnt of the prohibitions.
Operations director Roy Godfrey said that both fleets were now to be operated as one, with the majority of the maintenance carried out by Lines Road Car.
A new depot manager and an experienced engineer have been put into Newark. If the Lines Road Car application for additional vehicles was granted, the Gash licence would not be renewed when it expired in August.
Boyd said the management clearly recognised the problems at Gash, and he noted Lincs Road Car's good name but had no alternative but to revoke the licence.