SOT team launch buyout
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• A team of five employees plans to buy Sheffield operator SUT from South Yorkshire Transport, which has been told to sell its subsidiary by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and the Department of Transport.
The four managers and one driver have already written to SYT expressing an interest in formulating a bid for the 100-vehicle firm.
sy'r is now considering a number of offers and has been given until 1 February to complete the sale.
However, SYT and its shareholders, the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Au thority, are taking legal advice on the status of the MMC report; the PTA is investigating the possibility of judicial review.
The SUT buyout group is led by general manager Martin Lewis, who has written to all the employees with a question naire designed to reveal the level of support for a buyout, and how much personal cash staff are willing to put up.
SYT paid nearly 23m for the four businesses subjected to scrutiny in the MMC report, but it is confident that it will recoup its investment — it hopes to realise up to 25m for the company.
0 Sur is launching a new upmarket image for its 25 buses that do not operate under the Sheaf Line banner, with a new livery using the red and grey of Sheffield United Tours. The company hopes to trade under a new name, "Sheffield United Transport".