Ashton Lyme tries for coach licence

Wednesday 24th March 2010, 2:29PM GMT.

Delta’s vehicles standing idle at Stanley Road. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0936784)

DELTA TAXIS’ successor company, Ashdon Lyme UK Ltd, is applying for a licence to run coaches after Environment said it could not carry on the cab business as usual.

Shortly before debt-ridden Delta was put into compulsory liquidation last week, Ashdon Lyme UK bought its assets and announced services would continue immediately.

But the Environment Department said Delta’s licences could not simply be transferred to the new company, and many people took issue with the sale and decided to boycott anything resembling Delta.

Ashdon Lyme UK’s owner, former banker Jonathan Rowe, of Route Carre, St Sampson’s, yesterday said: ‘We are applying for a licence to run the coaches.

‘There is still an issue with the taxis at the moment so I can’t talk about that now.’

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simon

March 25, 2010 at 8:22 am

Why would they allow a company that operated an unlicenced taxi business to run a coach business??

Yep, when Delta taxis went into liquidation the taxis, we are told by Mr Newsom, were being run by his new employers Ashdon Lyme LTD. These taxis, according to the environment dept, were not licenced and have not been licenced since!!

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Bob

March 25, 2010 at 8:42 am

What next – limo hire? Night bus? MMmmmm?

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