Dukinfield-based Joseph Holdosi has been given 21 days in which to produce documentation regarding his maintenance system, tachograph infringements and finances, which could possibly save him having his two-vehicle restricted licence revoked.
Mr Holdosi, trading as Joe’s Travel, had been called before Traffic Commissioner (TC) Simon Evans.
Asked why bank statements produced were in the name of Joseph and Nicola Holdosi, trading as Joe’s Travel, Mr Holdosi said that his wife had to open the bank account in 2008 because he could not get a business account. He went on the account a couple of months later. He had not got his 2017 accounts yet as his accountant had died, and he did not have his 2016 accounts with him. He did not know what the profit was.
The TC said that a Vehicle Examiner had reported that Mr Holdosi had told him that when the licence was granted he was running a taxi but that that was no longer the case and his main occupation was the two minibuses.
Mr Holdosi said that at the time he was doing a contract for Tameside Council with a friend’s taxi which was just about to finish. He was now using his own taxi and he had occasionally used a minibus when he didn’t have a taxi.
The PSV work was airport runs and a lot of work for schools. He maintained that the taxi contract carrying one person to school earned more than the minibus work and that the second minibus was mainly a spare. All his earnings went into the same account. Tameside Council had said there would be another contract for his taxi, which was currently doing airport runs.
After the TC had commented that records produced showed fairly regular use of the second minibus, Mr Holdosi said that he used it a lot as a personal vehicle.
He agreed that in reality he had one single employment. He added: “I do more work with the taxi than the bus.” He said that he realised now they needed separating.
In regard to maintenance, Mr Holdosi said that problems arose after the person who owned the garage he was using died. He changed to a large garage which was unsatisfactory. He then went to a small garage, but they did not produce any inspection sheets. He was now using a garage that produced inspection records, but he did not have any inspection records with him.
The TC required the production of the maintenance records, the 2016 accounts, the 2016 tax return and the infringement reports before coming to a decision.
