An O-licence for Pawson Transport

Pawson Transport, the new entity set up by four directors of the haulier E Pawson & Son, has been granted a new operator’s licence.

At a Castleford public inquiry, the North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney said that even though it would be an unpopular decision, he was going to grant the application for 10 vehicles and 50 trailers.

Concerns had been raised by dealer Keltruck over the sale of numerous HGV vehicles and trailers by the former firm, just when finance was still outstanding on them.

Macartney said he was sympathetic with the problems that E Pawson suffered and added:

“Those that are before me have indeed acted properly and did all that seemed sensible at the time (to check the status of vehicles).”

Apart from that, Macartney also believes that it will be a new and fresh start for the family business. Moreover, he added:

“I will grant the application in full so the company as a family business can go forward and hopefully learn from the lessons of the past and put those problems behind them.”

Rachel Slade, the director of Pawson Transport, said:

“I am just so pleased things have worked out. But we’re going to need 100′s of more HGV drivers – so get training’.