Tony Taylor:
3300John:
Hiya…where the hell have all these outfits gone . no wonder we could go from job to job in the old days.
most of the comanies named are large outfits. what about the smaller 10 or so lorry outfits we have,nt mentioned.
scarey what happened… mind you i don,t blame hauliers for getting out of haulage with all the hassel firms get.
JohnI think a lot of companies disappeared or almalgamated with the scrapping of the old A B & C licenses and the introduction of the “O” license.When that came about almost anyone could start up in haulage.Up until then license holders,especially “A” license holders had a virtual monopoly in the industry.“B” licenses were usually restricted to an area 40 miles from base and “C” licenses were for the carriage of own goods.I think that’s right,no doubt someone with more knowledge than me will correct me if it’s wrong.
Hi Tony,
You are correct,
When I was young at school I was always good at arithmatic and later mathmatics. About 10 years old I was able to look at accounts and balance sheets. At that time we had an amount on the balance sheet for ‘Goodwill’ and when i asked for an explanation of what this was I was told it was the valuation of our ‘A’ Licence. I later found out that the valuation of an A licence in about 1958 was £250 per ton unlade weight. A lot of money in those days.
We were frtunate to have been allocated A licences wen licencing was introduced, and I cannot imagine what life would have been like if that system had been kept.
Carl