Mmc Looks At Stagecoach

• Stagecoach Holdings is to be investigated by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission over its acquisition of Portsmouth Citybus last November. Trade and Industry secretary......

Jones Driver Admits Assault

• A bus driver formerly employed by Clayton Jones has admitted assaulting a rival driver from National Welsh Omnibus during a confrontation at a bus stop in Pontypridd. At......

Pennine Blue Launch

• Six former drivers from GM Buses' Ashton-under-Lyne depot have started a new company in the Manchester area, called Pennine Blue. It has seven single-deck Bristol RE saloons......

Liverpool Loss • North Western Is Being Forced Out Of

its Liverpool base, which has been compulsorily purchased for a housing and shopping development by the Merseyside Development Corporation. The Drawlane subsidiary, which has......

Names Remain The Same

• The three Welsh bus companies bought by Badgerline (CM 22-28 February) will continue to trade as South Wales Transport, United Welsh Coaches and Brewers Motor Services.......

Em Reshuffle

• East Midland has restructured its coaching activities in the Mansfield area with the launch of Midland Travel. EM has combined its remaining six high-spec coaches with its......