Diamond Bus North West

[Winston]

RE: Diamond Bus North West

(16/10/2019 14:42)Mrboo Wrote:  Don't know how true this is but someone from First Oldham told me that there big issues of cash flow at Diamond to point bills are not getting paid with First owned money for lease of buses and they have been forced to start to hand back buses before planned just to try cut costs. they were also giving out week tickets without holders due to running out.

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.