Deal Doubles Grampian

• Midland Scottish is about to be bought by GRT Holdings in a move which will more than double the size of the Grampian Group. It will be the first Scottish Bus Group company to......

Greyhound Dies

• The US Greyhound bus company, America's only coast-to-coast bus operator, has been forced into bankruptcy by its three-monthold drivers' strike. It has filed for court......

Mergers

irnmm ent • Dutch group United Bus and Den Oudsten, one of the leading bus bodybuilders in Holland, are planning to merge. The deal will give United Bus a 6% market share in......

More Deltas For Nms

• Newcastle-based Northumbria Motor Services has taken delivery of its second batch of Optare Delta singledeckers to cash in on the Gateshead Garden Festival traffic. The buses,......

The Riviera Connection

• Burtons of Brixham, a subsidiary of Transit Holdings, has introduced a new highfrequency route between Brixham, Paignton and Torquay, called the Riviera Connection. It will be......