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Franchising: a malicious threat to independent bus operators

Peter Shipp, Chairman, EYMS Group Ltd, Hull HU3
19 February 2016
 

May I suggest that Roger Sexton, who seems to command several column inches in almost every edition of your publication, is one academic who needs a taste of the real world.

In an earlier edition he is reported as saying that if an operator fails to win a local authority franchise (in reality a contract) in its own area, then loss of the business does not deprive the company of its vehicles or its real estate and the only “asset” confiscated is the goodwill (‘QCS compensation...

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