Dereg Malpractices '88

• Malpractices by operators struggling in a cut-throat competitive environment have plagued the first full year of deregulation, says the Annual Report by Traffic Commissioners.......

Metro Centre Dunstan Minis

• Go-ahead Northern, which operates minibus services into the Metro Centre shopping complex in Duriston, is marketing its vehicles as Metro Centre minis with a new multicoloured......

Trrl Reports On Post-dereg • The Level Of Rural Bus

services has been "broadly maintained following deregulation," according to studies carried out by the Government's Transport and Road Research Laboratory. In a written......

Grampian Cuts Staff

• Grampian Transport has shed 28 staff within a month of its management-employee buyout. The 28, all supervisory and clerical employees, were offered redundancy or alternative......

Coach Damp-down

• Westminster City Council and the Metropolitan Police are to crack down on illegallyparked coaches in the centre of London from this month. The Met has written to the Bus &......

Nw Mersey Move

• Drawlane subsidiary North Western, which runs services in Merseyside and Greater Manchester, has moved its headquarters from Bootle to Liverpool. The new Love Lane base has......