News category: Acquisitions
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New Transit
Inside View
It is perhaps ironic that no sooner has the Office of Fair Trading announced its market study into competition within the bus industry that events in... continue
New Transit
Profile
There are not many people who would suggest there are many similarities between Hong Kong and Glasgow but First Glasgow managing director Mark... continue
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Bus News
NedRailways today completed its acquisition of National Express Group’s London bus business, Travel London - a deal which represents... continue
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Media Monitor
French utility group Veolia (VIE.PA) is looking at ways to combine its transport arm with French transport group Transdev to create a new European... continue
Parking Review
Debates
The recession provides many opportunities as well as challenges, says RCP Parking’s Shapoor Naghshineh
As the credit crunch continues to... continue
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Bus News
The Office of Fair Trading has referred the acquisition of Preston Bus by Stagecoach Bus Holdings to the Competition Commission.
Stagecoach and... continue
Parking Review
Business News
The car park at The Light leisure development in Leeds is now being operated by Q-Park. Winning this contract means Q-Park now operates four key... continue
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Bus News Lead Story
Andrew Garnett
The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to refer the acquisition of council-owned bus operator Eastbourne Buses and local... continue
The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to refer the acquisition of council-owned bus operator Eastbourne Buses and local... continue
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Regular News
Stagecoach chief executive Brian Souter has expanded his personal business interests in New Zealand with the purchase of Auckland-based ferry... continue
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Regular News
A potential takeover bid by Stagecoach is one of the explanations that has been offered for a rapid rise in National Express Group’s depressed... continue
Parking Review
Business News
A new parking specific division has been created in the wake of armed services charity Royal British Legion selling its commercial arm, Legion Group,... continue
Parking Review
Business News
NCP Services is rebranding itself as the NSL Services Group from 21 April, some two years since splitting from National Car Parks. The new name is... continue
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Bus News
Stagecoach chief executive Brian Souter has expanded his personal business interests in New Zealand with the purchase of Auckland-based ferry... continue
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Letters to the Editor
As a member company of the Confederation of Passenger Transport and the former vice chairman CPT for the Welsh region, I am saddened by the view of... continue
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Opinion
At a time when thousands of jobs are being shed across the country, perhaps it is unsurprising that the suits at the Office of Fair Trading would... continue
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Regular News
Robert Jack
Britain’s bus industry has reacted with incredulity at the Office of Fair Trading’s decision to launch a market study into the supply of... continue
Britain’s bus industry has reacted with incredulity at the Office of Fair Trading’s decision to launch a market study into the supply of... continue
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Bus News
The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to investigate the recent purchases of Eastbourne Buses and Polegate-based Cavendish Motor... continue
Parking Review
Awards
Top political correspondent and, following Strictly Come Dancing, national treasure John Sergeant will be the host of this year’s British... continue
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Business Comment Lead Story
Two months ago, Transit posed the question: What do the Cosmen family really want? According to well-placed sources at National Express Group, they... continue
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Bus News
Preston Bus managing director Peter Bell has branded the sale of his company to rival Stagecoach as a “positive move” and said that the... continue
