John Dee jumps the gun
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/1 John Dee is advertising for managers for a contract with a "well known" drinks company — although it has not yet been granted an Operator's Licence. The company, which is running with interim authority, will hear whether its bid for a full licence is successful at public inquiries later this summer.
The contract operation in Sheffield will run in two shifts from a 93,000m warehouse, according to an advertisement in the Sheffield Star.
The advertisement seeks to recruit a contract manager, warehouse manager, administration manager and transport manager. The transport manager will be responsible for "over 30 vehicles and drivers", says the company's advert.
John Dee is reluctant to reveal the identity of its new customer. "We do not want to comment until our Operator's Licence applications are through," says a spokesman.
However, John Dee denies that the contract is with Vaux Breweries, which has an opera tion in Sheffield, or Coca-Cola Schweppes, in nearby Wakefield.
No date has been set for the Licensing Authority hearing, in which the Road Haulage Association has lodged an objection to John Dee's 0-licence application. The RHA believes that the John Dee Group, which went into receivership in January, was "badly run" (CM 2-8 May).
John Dee was formed after
former JDG boss John Davison purchased the Ferryhill, County Durham site from receiver Cork Gully. Backers included Cammac Coal of Chesterfield (CM 21-27 March).
The Sheffield Star advertisement describes John Dee as "a newly formed distribution company with an expected first-year turnover well in excess of £10m".