"The Council’s Licensing Enforcement Officer, Mrs Jackson, has carried out a number of visits to Poynton in order to try and locate this van and to confirm the details of the operator. To date, Mrs Jackson has not been able to locate the van and no further information has become available in response to the Licensing Section’s inquiries"
This is part of an e-mail sent to the whippy team from Tony Potts who describes himself as " Community Safety Manager" of East Cheshire.
They are in possession of the registration No R613 MVV with photographs of a rogue trader operating within their borough.
Tony Potts further claims that their Environmental Health Department and the Cheshire Constabulary, have also been unable to locate this vehicle or it's operator.
Now pardon me, but the councils licensing section, the environmental health officer(s) and the Cheshire Police cannot find a bright Red ice cream van that is chiming around Poynton on a daily basis, despite having the registration number and photographs??
Somebody is having a laugh here at the council taxpayers expense. There are approximately 9 of these unlicensed vehicles operating within East Cheshire, all avoiding the license fee (£3280) loss of revenue, further avoiding any hygiene checks required by law, and probably with no public liability insurance, and yet all of the above people/agencies (according to Mr Potts) are unable to locate these vehicles?
Mr Potts is probably not interested in bringing in this revenue, after all he will be paid by the council tax payer whether or not.
More importantly, what is a "Community Safety Manager" doing all day? If you Google ice cream man prosecuted, you will find lots of horror stories where they have been selling cigarettes to children and worse.!!CLICK HERE!!
These people stay off the radar for a reason, many of them will be claiming unemployment benefit, many will not be registered with the tax man.
How well do you know your ice cream man? What is his surname? Has he got a hygiene certificate and public liability insurance? Has he got a criminal record? Do you really care?
E-mail him at: Tony Potts Community Safety Manager
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