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D D. B. Marshall (Newbridge) Ltd, which )perates a chicken growing, rearing rocessing and packing business at five )oints in Scotland applied at Edinburgh this meek for transfer from F to 0 licence with in application for 87, vehicles and seven :railers including 27 velhicles and five trailers :o be acquired.
,Mr Andrew Brunton, transport manager, said that under the F licence the company had not been obliged to keep records but had now started using FTA standard forms. A new garage was being built which would be completed by the end of May and the staff increased.
A number of prohibitions were admitted; out of 24 vehicles examined there had been four immediate and five delayed GV9s and in one instance a vehicle had nine defects although allegedly examined fully only three weeks previously. An assurance was given that responsibility for checking final work would henceforward be handled by a qualified mechanic.
Mr A. 13. Birnie, the LA, granted a licence to run for three years, cutting the margin to 23 vehicles and four trailers giving a total fleet of 83 vehicles and six trailers. He also ordered that no vehicles should be added until the new workshop was in use.