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Taxi firm facing ban after probe

Monkey Hangers Weekly!

A TAXI firm is facing a ban from picking up fares in Hartlepool just months after moving into town.

Royal Cars, based in Whitby Street, Hartlepool, could lose its licence at the end of the month after a council investigation into its activities.

Exact details as to why the company is to be barred have still to be revealed and it still has just over a fortnight to launch an appeal.

But the Mail understands that council licensing officers have been monitoring Royal Cars over the past month. If the company chooses to accept Hartlepool Borough Council's decision then the ban will be enforced.

Royal Cars moved into Hartlepool about five months ago after starting off in Thornaby.

A council spokesman said: "We can confirm that the council's licensing committee recently decided to revoke the operator's licence of Royal Cars.

"The revocation will take effect in 21 days during which the company has the right to appeal. It would not therefore be appropriate to say anything further at this stage."

A spokesman for Royal Cars said: "We do not want to comment at the moment."

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Perhaps that's where the problem lies.

They're a PH firm?