Colin Clemance, 46, who has had shortlived employment with two of Leyland's taxi firms, has been banned from working in South Ribble after complaints about his behaviour.

In February he had both his hackney carriage and private hire licences revoked after being told at a general licensing committee meeting that unless there is a 'substantial or sustained improvement in his behaviour and conduct' any future applications from him will be declined.

In the run-up to the hearing he was accused of being rude and aggressive to staff at the West Paddock Civic Centre and was barred from entering.

Coun Phil Smith, chairman of the licensing committee, said: "It was brought to the attention of the licensing committee in February that Mr Clemance had behaved in an angry, aggressive manner on several occasions.

"As result, Mr Clemance had been dismissed from two local taxi firms and had been banned from the Civic Centre.

"It was due to this behaviour that the committee decided to revoke Mr Clemance's licences. Mr Clemance has not appealed this decision."

However he has submitted another application to become a taxi driver.

The Guardian understands that Mr Clemance has recently been banned from Runshaw College, where he'd stopped to ask about the BTec driving course being run from the adult learning centre.

It's claimed he lost his temper and became aggressive towards a female member of staff.

Mr Clemance spent around a month working for Avacab taxi firm in Leyland, before leaving.

He then spent less than a week at Leyland Taxis, and manager Phil Briggs said: "It is quite a serious measure to revoke both his hackney and private licences.

"We didn't have any complaints about his driving, but it was his attitude that was the problem, it was not a friendly one.

"He came to us from Avacab and we had him for three or four days when he said he wanted to use his own vehicle. I told him he couldn't because the South Ribble guidelines said it was too old."

Paul Tattersall, of Avacabs, confirmed Mr Clemance had worked for him for a short period several months ago.

The Guardian has tried unsuccessfully to contact Mr Clemance.