Diamond Bus North West

[Mayneway]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(16/10/2019 18:50)Winston Wrote:  I think someone at First Oldham is getting their wires crossed.

For Rotala to pay the bill for the First hire fleet, they first need to have received an invoice to be able to pay it, to date, they've not received anything since taking over Bolton. This also includes an invoice for the purchase of the ex First Bolton B10BE's trainers, these still haven't been officially added to the Rotala fleetlist, as they've not been invoiced or subsequently paid. It's been over 2 months now, First have been chased.

As regards hire buses returning to First, only 4 have gone back to date due to being unfit for service.

Surly things like cost of renting vehicles and when it would be paid would have been negotiated at the point of sale/takeover?? The fact management at Diamond are sat back waiting for an invoice suggests they potentially don’t even know how much First are charging them per vehicle.

As regards to the First vehicles, are they deemed as leased or hired?? Who maintains them, MOT’s them etc. Did First cancel the vehicle tax for each bus on takeover day and diamond then retaxed them?