Holt quits First Capital Connect in surprise move

Elaine Holt has left First Capital Connect in a surprise move. Holt, who led First’s successful bid for the franchise and has been managing director since it began three years ago, told staff last week that she would be leaving to “pursue other interests outside First Group”.

In the note announcing her departure she said she had been thinking carefully about leaving the company “for some time”. She considered now an appropriate time to leave with the TOC’s...