Chris Tindall

6 days ago | commercialmotor.com | Chris Tindall

A sole trader with a history of non-compliance and false declarations has had an appeal against the decision by a traffic commissioner to refuse the surrender of his licence dismissed. Mark Jones was disqualified last year after traffic commissioner Sarah Bell found he had been operating vehicles without paying vehicle excise duty and had ignored inquiries from the police and the DVSA (CM 9 May 2024).

1 week ago | commercialmotor.com | Chris Tindall

A traffic commissioner’s decision to revoke the licence of a Slough-based operator was “excessive” and did not consider the company’s circumstances, an appeal tribunal found. The deputy traffic commissioner (DTC) for the South East region revoked the licence belonging to Hard Concrete at a public inquiry in June 2024 after hearing about significant compliance issues. The DTC had previously downgraded the operator’s two licences to restricted status and issued formal warnings regarding compliance.

1 week ago | commercialmotor.com | Chris Tindall

A man found guilty of deliberately crashing a delivery van he had stolen, causing the death of the delivery driver who was clinging to the speeding vehicle, has been jailed for 30 years. Mark Ross, 32, was found guilty by a majority verdict at Leeds Crown Court for the murder of 42-year-old Claudio-Carol Kondor, who was fatally injured in a collision in Farnley last year.

1 week ago | motortransport.co.uk | Chris Tindall

Grimsby operator Transafe Logistics has entered administration after notifying the courts of its intention last month. Records showed it appointed insolvency experts Richard Bloomfield and Neil Money at FRP Advisory Trading on 7 April. The haulage operator has an operator licence authorising it to run 58 lorries out of a Stallingborough, Grimsby address and 18 out of a Doncaster base.

1 week ago | motortransport.co.uk | Chris Tindall

A focus by Howard Tenens on delivering high levels of customer service has led to an investment in additional vehicles and staff after the family firm’s clients rewarded it with more work. Operator licence records showed that the contract logistics and distribution firm had recently boosted its authorisation by another 20 HGVs and chief executive Jamie Hartles said it all came down to providing an “exemplary service” in uncertain times.