Refusal of O-Licence upheld on appeal
Greenock-based David Irving Ltd has lost its appeal against the refusal of Traffic Commissioner (TC) Joan Aitken to grant it…
Operator is first UK firm in court over pensions failure
In the first prosecution of its kind by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) - the statutory UK regulator of work-based pension…
Coroner calls for ‘better guidance’
A coroner is to write to coach manufacturers calling for them to give improved guidance on how to use gearboxes’…
Express Motors’ boss and staff in court
Four Directors of Caernarfon based Express Motors (Penygroes) Ltd, and three of the company’s employees, have appeared before the town’s…
Fraud causes licence loss for one year
St Leonards-on-Sea based Catherine Barcroft was disqualified from holding or obtaining a PSV O-Licence for one year after her three-vehicle…
Peter Wright loses appeal over Driver CPC ‘legal principal’
In a test case, former operator Peter Wright has lost his appeal to Wigan and Leigh Magistrates against the suspension…
Safety fears sees operator banned from acting as TM
Cornish coach operator Trevellyan Jackett has been disqualified from acting as a Transport Manager (TM) for two years after his…
North Warwickshire travel director disqualified indefinitely
The TC stated that the company had shown contempt for the registration and regulatory process Michael James, sole Director of…
‘Appalling’ MoT rate sinks firm
Traffic Commissioner (TC) Nick Denton has disqualified Sandwell Travel’s sole Director and Transport Manager (TM), Sukhwinder Singh, from holding or obtaining…
‘Impossible’ standards for rural services
If operators were constantly in front of Traffic Commissioners (TCs) on compliance matters relating to rural services, they might think…