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• Because of the rapid growth of its customer's business, G. Plant (Haulage Contractor) Ltd., Macclesfield, was granted five more vehicles on its A licence in Manchester last week by the North Western LA, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, subject to the surrender of its B licence for three vehicles.
For Plant, Mr. J. A. Backhouse said one of its rosin customers, Ernest Scragg and Sons Ltd., had increased its manufacture of machines from eight to 21 weekly and had acquired another business as well.
Transport fell into three categories: single load deliveries which were done by Pickfords; machines exported under TIR by private hauliers and BRS; and machines for delivery to packers, for home consumption and also for export, cased in a broken down state. The latter section was carried by Plant on small four-wheel rigids of 10-ton carrying capacity to facilitate delivery right on to the shop floor. Two maintenance and a collection and delivery vehicle were to be surrendered. Agreement had been reached with the objectors, THC, that the variation should be reduced from six to five vehicles, but it was recognized by the objectors that more would have to be applied for as the business continued to build up, said Mr. Backhouse.
Group export services manager of Scragg, Mr. J. Wright, said his own production had increased by two and a half times since last July. In August another factory had also been acquired which had been producing three machines weekly; this would rise to 10 by the end of March and that figure would be doubled by the year end.
A six-month research programme, said Mr. Wright, had determined the most suitable type of transport. He was having considerable difficulty in getting sufficient vehicles—he had received 27 phone calls the previous Saturday afternoon at home about the lack of them —and delayed collections could result in union troubles when production was held up.
The variation was granted as amended.