PS Haulage Limited, which ran three vehicles and two trailers on a standard national licence, lost its operator’s licence with immediate effect following a public inquiry on 30 July. The company was disqualified from holding or obtaining an operator’s licence for three years.
Sole director and transport manager Peram Singh received the same three-year operator disqualification, plus an indefinite ban from acting as a transport manager.
Two DVSA stops exposed wider compliance failures
The revocation followed two separate interventions. In November 2025, DVSA officers stopped a PS Haulage vehicle that was not authorised on the licence, found that tachograph data was not being downloaded, and discovered that the vehicle had no road fund licence. The driver was also found to be in breach of his immigration status.
A second vehicle, stopped in April 2026, was the one with the 1,076-day tachograph gap.
Investigators also examined a journey on 16 March. Sukhvir Singh’s driver card was removed after 10 hours and one minute at the wheel. Avtar Singh’s card was inserted less than a minute later, and the vehicle continued for another 58 minutes.
The explanations given for the driver change did not match.
Deputy Traffic Commissioner John Baker ruled that PS Haulage had lost its repute and that future compliance was unlikely. He also criticised the company’s failure to cooperate with DVSA and Peram Singh’s absence from the inquiry.
New licence bid rejected as a ‘front’
The same inquiry also rejected an application from A1 Road Haulage Limited for a four-vehicle licence after the Commissioner concluded that it was more likely than not a “front”.
The applicant company was directed by Avtar Singh, with her son Jeevan Singh proposed as transport manager. Avtar’s husband, Sukhvir Singh, had transferred £22,000 to the company, covering almost all of the £21,500 financial-standing requirement.
Avtar said the money was a gift and that her husband would have no management or financial role in the business.
The Commissioner was not persuaded, citing Sukhvir’s previous involvement with PS Haulage, the funding, the timing of the application and the family connections.
He concluded it was more likely than not that Sukhvir would be involved in the new operation and that the application had been put forward as a front for him.
A1 Road Haulage’s application was refused.
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