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• West Midland TA, Licensing Auth
ority John Mervyn Pugh has increased the authorisation on Mel Williams Co's licence—but only for 12 months.
The Stourbridge-based company was at a Birmingham public inquiry in a bid to increase its authorisation from 20 vehicles and two trailers to 20 vehicles and four trailers.
For the company, Colin Ward said it had held a licence since November 1979 with no problems until January of this year. There was some slight difficulty over maintenance and there were also vehicles that may not have been properly taxed.
Managing director Melvyn Williams said the company received renewal notices from the DVLC, applied for the vehicle excise licences but then found that the vehicles concerned were still taxed. During an office move one vehicle's tax had expired, but it was immediately back taxed.
In reply to the LA, Williams said JW Solutions was a new company of which he was also a director. That company had taken over two contracts from Mel Williams. It was being run by his son, and had now applied for its own licence.
Ward said outside maintenance contractors had let the company down. The company had now bought substantial garage premises. There was no history of any significant failure in maintenance.
Renewing the licence with a warning, Mervyn Pugh said he was satisfied that Williams had got into a muddle which was now straightened out.