Accounts led to new 0-licence
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A West Yorkshire company was granted a licence in February after it admitted operating illegally. Now it has been allowed to continue operating after f nally producing accounts.
Urbantome, trading as Wards Transport, had been granted a licence for two vehicles and three trailers, based at Red Lion Garage, Lepton, Huddersfield. Its sole director, Elaine Richardson, had been a director of Mattwood, which had traded as Ward & Sons. This company had operated without a licence following the liquidation of two previous companies, Ward Bros (Lepton) and Polaw. Richardson gave evidence that she had not had any position with Polaw but had set up Mattwood with her partner, Kevin Ward. That company's licence application was withdrawn on legal advice at a public inquiry in November 1997 (CM27 Nov-3 Dec 1997).
North Eastern Deputy IC Brian Homer was told that Urbantome had been convicted of six offences of unauthorised use. Granting the licence, Horner said the unauthorised operation had made a mockery of the 0-licensing system.
When the company appeared again before the Deputy TC at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry because of its failure to supply
financial information, he gave Mrs Richardson a month in which to submit a full set of accounts (CM20-26 May).
On the resumption of the hearing, the Deputy TC said that at last he had a copy of the accounts, which showed a relatively small profit.
Richardson said that in addition to two bank accounts the company had a factoring agreement and the factors held a sum of £28,000 at any one time which she could draw on if necessary, The Deputy TC said he considered that between the two bank accounts and the factoring facility there was sufficient capital to operate the business.