Might shut up some of the clever dicks on here…Also a programme on Ch4 Dispatches next Monday about hauliers using these things.
truckingjobs.co.uk/blog/17- … lage-firm/
Most of the staff of a ■■■■■■■■ haulage firm are being laid off, after its transport manager was banned from the industry.
Seventeen drivers, workshop fitters and office staff at Eric Nicholson Transport, in Cockermouth, have been informed they are being made redundant.
Mr Nicholson, who has been in the haulage business for 40 years, said: "We had absolutely no choice but to make pretty much all the staff redundant.
"It was soul-destroying. Some of these guys have worked for us coming up 40 years.
“We have made 17 staff redundant but are hoping to employ everyone up until May 10 when the licence goes.”
Mr Nicholson tried to get around emissions controls by fitting cheat devices on up to 16 vehicles. Following a public inquiry, his firm will lose its licence in May and will be disqualified from operating vehicles for five years.
He has appealed the decision.
“I wasn’t expecting to lose my licence completely. I was taken aback by the decision,” he said.
Mr Nicholson, who is an Allerdale and town councillor for Cockermouth and was on ■■■■■■■ County Council for 20 years, said he’d made the biggest mistake of his life in arranging for someone to fit the devices.