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Time runs out for haulage boss

An Oxfordshire operator that ran eight trucks has had its O-licence revoked after the TC said the business was “built on sand”

Application for return of detained lorry refused

An operator has had its application for the return of an impounded HGV refused after O-licence had expired

Transport manager disqualified for systems failings

A transport manager forfeited his good repute after failing to ensure a Hampshire firm did not operate seriously defective vehicles

TC ‘horrified’ by scale of debts operator owed

An Avonmouth haulier that “treated the tax-paying British public with disdain” has had its licence revoked and its director disqualified indefinitely

Licence cut after maintenance concerns

Warrington-based JPA Transport Services has had its licence curtailed by two HGVs after a maintenance investigation

TC’s trust in operator ‘totally destroyed’

A Wiltshire tool and plant hire operator has been disqualified for 10 years after forging signatures on maintenance documents

Fronting suspicions result in licence revocation

The surrender of a licence authorising 15 HGVs running out of a Notts operating centre has been refused

Licence increase objection – from half a kilometre away

An application to boost the number of HGVs granted after finding that an objector did not live “within sight, sound, smell or feel” of the site

Lack of competence sinks Southampton firm

The TC for the South East has revoked the licence of a Southampton operator and disqualified the transport manager

Firm punished for use of unauthorised operating centre

An east London firm that used an unauthorised operating centre for three years

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