Scotland’s traffic commissioner Joan Aitken said the Linwood-based company was a front for Scott Smith, who cannot apply for a licence in his own name as he is the subject of a sequestration order (legal removal of assets).
Scott Smith is a director of SLA Transport, which is in compulsory liquidation. The sole director and shareholder listed for AK Express Scotland is Caroline Smith, Scott Smith’s mother.
After a public inquiry in Edinburgh last month, Aitken said the application “offends fair competition”.
She added: “In this case AK Express Scotland is the front, the means, whereby Scott Smith who would be unable to get a licence in his own name or be a company director, uses others – AK Express Scotland and his mother – to gain an operator licence.”
