Speedwellbus ceases trading ahead of revocation

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https://www.jamesramsden.com/2024/03/07/rjfn33oek Speedwellbus of Hyde has become the latest Greater Manchester independent operator to hit the rocks after it ceased trading last week – two months before its O-licence was due to be revoked.

https://www.worldhumorawards.org/uncategorized/9konmiup According to Notices & Proceedings (N&P) dated January 6, 2012, the existing Speedwell O-licence is due to be revoked from 2359hrs on March 31, 2012.

https://asperformance.com/uncategorized/wh41bfw073u This follows a Public Inquiry (PI) on September 27, 2011, which lists director as Mr Jack Hampson. The firm was called to a PI after withdrawing service S50 between Ashton and Mossley in April 2011 without giving the statutory 56 days notice. The firm was fined £5,600 for not operating a registered service after having been refused a “short notice cancellation”. The traffic commissioner concerned stated she was not satisfied that Speedwell had shown a reasonable excuse for the cancellation; that to find “reasonable excuse” would be unfair to bus operators who operated within the rules; and that she did not want to risk setting a precedent which would allow any operator who had lost money to cancel services at short notice without appropriate arrangements being made.

https://giannifava.org/43qnhreeh However, the same issue of N&P contains a new application for a 20-vehicle O-licence from Messrs. Jack Hampson and Mr David Whyatt, trading as Speedwell Travel Services and lists its Transport Manager(s) as Paul Derek Banham and Jack Hampson.

http://countocram.com/2024/03/07/cid3ei50s According to its website, the current company was set up in 2002, the team behind Speedwellbus having operated bus services in Glossopdale and Tameside for around 20 years.