To avoid having the purchase of MTL Services referred to the Competition
Commission for inquiry, Arriva were required to sell off the c100 vehicle
operation at Gillmoss, and give undertakings not to compete with the new
purchaser for a specified period.
Informed sources suggest that the final round of bidding is currently taking
place, the shortlist having been whittled down to Go-Ahead, Metroline, CMT
(expanding local independent) and a fourth bidder, which is rumoured to
involve some element of management buy-in. I stress that none of this is
confirmed.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Tony Whiteing
> Sent: 10 October 2000 09:41
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: UK bus industry market shares - summary of replies
>
>
> Since then, Arriva have bought MTL - but I understood that they had to
sell
> on some of the bus services to achieve this purchase, so a simple addition
> may not be appropriate - can anyone advise on this?
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CHARLES ROBERTS, Senior Lecturer in Transport, School of Engineering,
Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool. L3 3AF. UK
Tel: +44 151 231 2464; fax: +44 151 231 2453
http://www.staff.livjm.ac.uk/etmcrobe
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