Enterprise scheme haulier is given reprieve by LA
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• A Welsh haulier, who started in business with the help of the Government's Enterprise Scheme and then almost lost his licence because of crippling financial problems, has been allowed to stay in business by persuading South Wales Licencing Authority John Mervyn Pugh that his operation is now solvent.
David Gittens of Tredegar had been in danger of losing his four-vehicle licence in March after cheques, written to pay licence fees, had bounced. Added to this was a pending court case, concerning nonpayment of vehicle excise duty. The LA, however, allowed six days for Gittens to produce further evidence to satisfy him as to the financial position, or face having his licence revoked. Geoffrey Evans, acting for Gittens, managed to convince the LA he needed more time and the proceedings were subsequently adjourned.
By the time the case came before the LA, Gittens had passed his HGV Class 1 driving test, closed one of his bank accounts and received a cashinjection from his parents. Gittens was now driving the firm's truck and Pugh said that it was good to see him on top.
He also told Gittens that he had Evans and the accountant to thank for providing solutions to all the problems he had encountered. Problems which had been compounded by the fact that Gittens had had little or no idea of how to run a haulage business.