Diamond Bus North West

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RE: Diamond Bus North West

(09/02/2021 01:42)iMarkeh Wrote:  There may not need to be a lot moving as it depends on how much Diamond have won. I work out that they have lost around 8 buses worth of work.


Are Diamond still having driver shortages? Could this balance that out a little maybe?


As for your last comment, I do agree with you, a bit of a slap in the face for them but these sorts of things happen. Anti competition agreements only last so long from the buyout date and so this is the time up. I'm sure it has happened before whereby the person who got bought out then started up a new company a few years late doing the exact same thing once the shackles of no competition agreements are gone.

I don’t think they have won anything significantly to cushion the blow of the losses. They have retained the 217 and the 247 and possibly gained the 171/172 but I’d think it’s work they would rather have won on top of the tenders they have lost.

Bolton has and always has had driver shortages whereas Eccles has always done ok with drivers. It’s easy to say close Eccles and move what’s left to Bolton but I can’t see many of the drivers travelling that far so you loose more of your vital drivers.