Haulier was 'a bit too clever'
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• A South Wales operator who "tried to be a bit too clever" is to make a fresh application for a licence.
At a previous hearing before South Wales TC John Mervyn Pugh, it had been denied that Central Transport Logistics International, of Merthyr Tydfil, was "a front" for Merthyr Waste Paper, whose licence had been revoked. The company had been seeking a new international licence for four vehicles and six trailers.
The original Iwo directors, Carolyn Hallam and Christine Watkins, are the daughters of David Price, the proprietor of Merthyr Waste Paper. At the pre vious hearing, Mervyn Pugh said he wanted them to consider whether they would be prepared to appoint commercial manager Malcolm Darch and transport manager Leighton Jones as non-executive directors. He also required further financial evidence (CM 18-24 Aprill. Darch said that he was now a director of both Central Transport Logistics and the associated CTL, and a total of 15 vehicles were in use. He had been in transport for 25 years without any problems. He agreed with Pugh that though having two separate companies might have tax advantages, it was improving an impossible task to keep them separate. Following discussions, Paul Carless, for the company, said that the system was too complex. It had been decided that a fresh application be lodged in the name of the one company, Central Transport Logistics, and that CTL would be put into voluntary liquidation after consultation.
Allowing the current interim authority to operate while a fresh application was lodged, Pugh warned there was no guarantee that the licence would be granted. "You have tried to be a bit too clever and must now stand up and be counted," he said.