Bus company seeks £m subsidy
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IF the Central Regional Council are Ito subsidise W. Alexander & Sons (Midlands) Ltd, to keep bus services going then the local authority should be represented on the company's board. Treasurer Samuel Ovens said 'this at a meeting of the planning and development committee of the region at Stirling at which it was reported that the company are seeking £500,000 Isubsidy to meet estimated costs of operations. Treasurer Ovens contended that before any subsidy was considered the regional council should ensure that strings were attached, because he had a feeling the bus operators would play one region against another. Remit was made to the .finance committee and the management team to go fully into the implications involved in subsidising the bus services.