Stop Operating - UK - Troubled bus firm is back
Blackburn,UK -Blackburn Citizen, by Lauren Cumming -1st Apr 2006: -- Accrington Buses, known locally as Pilkington's, was forced to stop operating in 2004 after an investigation found a host of mechanical faults... But the family-run firm, based in Blackburn Road, Accrington, and now trading under the name King Travel, has been granted a new licence to operate five vehicles following a public inquiry by the deputy traffic commissioner, Mark Hinchcliffe... At the time it was running 16 school contracts and seven further services around Accrington. But in 2003 an investigation resulted in 15 out of 18 vehicles being deemed unfit for use... In 2004 the firm's licence was revoked. Last year Blackburn with Darwen Council excluded any firm employing members of the Pilkington family in managerial positions from applying for council tenders...
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