Company wins back licence
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A South Yorkshire company that lost its 0-licence in January has been granted a fresh licence.
F Levick & Son appeared before North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney to apply for a new national licence for eight vehicles and 13 trailers. The company's previous licence, for 11vehicles and 13 trailers, was revoked after the TC was told that 120 drivers hours offences had been committed in two months (CA48-14 Feb).
Appearing for the company, Ian Rothera told the TC that all the drivers had been on a Road Haulage Association hours and tachograph training course. 'Mr Levick realises that he cannot risk himself or any of his drivers putting a single foot wrong in the future," he said.
A transport consultant had been taken on to audit the company's systems and the drivers were now paid an hourly rate, with a bonus for keeping their vehicles in good condition and a further 25p an hour if there had been no hours or tachograph problems.
Director Martin Levick said the revocation had been a very serious blow and it had cost the company a lot of money, even though interim authority had been granted on the Monday after the Friday the revocation came into effect The company had gone from profit to a loss of £13,000 in the first month after revocation, he told the TC, though it was now back in profit.
The TC granted the application after the company promised to aim for an initial pass rate of 90% at annual test; that driver training would be carried out on an annual basis; that its tachograph charts be sent out for professional analysis; and that its systems would be audited annually by a transport consultant.