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National Express to buy First Midland Red - gilesbus1 - 30/06/2019 18:32
Looks like National Eexpress is to try to take over First Worcester, thus reducing FirstGroup back even further.
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17739202.national-express-is-bidding-to-take-over-first-buses-county-operation/
RE: National Express to buy First Midland Red - Metroline1511 - 06/07/2019 13:36
This would make the West Midlands & Worcestershire basically a National Express / Rotala duopoly, with Arriva and Stagecoach reaching the area from Staffordshire and Warwickshire.
RE: National Express to buy First Midland Red - mikestone - 06/07/2019 20:52
I think that is no more than canteen wibble. Certainly the thread title needs a question mark.
RE: National Express to buy First Midland Red - Rodney259 - 16/08/2019 15:27
(06/07/2019 20:52)mikestone Wrote: I think that is no more than canteen wibble. Certainly the thread title needs a question mark.I agree can’t believe CMA would allow it.
RE: National Express to buy First Midland Red - EDB325 - 16/08/2019 17:05
(16/08/2019 15:27)Rodney259 Wrote: I agree can’t believe CMA would allow it.No reason why the CMA would object surely ? Stagecoach have only a minimal presence in NXWM's area.
RE: National Express to buy First Midland Red - wirralbus - 16/08/2019 21:06
(16/08/2019 17:05)EDB325 Wrote: No reason why the CMA would object surely ? Stagecoach have only a minimal presence in NXWM's area.
Its getting to a point in some areas of the country now that if the CMA intervene , the operation will just close and competitors will just swoop on the vacant patch anyway , better a coordinated takeover than a free for all .
RE: National Express to buy First Midland Red - EDB325 - 17/08/2019 06:19
(16/08/2019 21:06)wirralbus Wrote: Its getting to a point in some areas of the country now that if the CMA intervene , the operation will just close and competitors will just swoop on the vacant patch anyway , better a coordinated takeover than a free for all .
This is a point I've alluded to previously. The CMA will have to moderate their stance considerably in some areas if First continue to dispose of their operations wholesale.
RE: National Express to buy First Midland Red - MTL0201 - 17/08/2019 12:49
If it happens, why would CMA reject National Express takeover of First Wyvern anyway, it's not as if NXWM have a presence in Worcestershire, NX only a couple of short sections just outside West Midlands county boundary, more likely to object Rotala if they bided for FW.
RE: National Express to buy First Midland Red - Rodney259 - 18/08/2019 15:26
(17/08/2019 12:49)MTL0201 Wrote: If it happens, why would CMA reject National Express takeover of First Wyvern anyway, it's not as if NXWM have a presence in Worcestershire, NX only a couple of short sections just outside West Midlands county boundary, more likely to object Rotala if they bided for FW.My thoughts were that it would give NatEx a greater footprint in the West Midlands. If the CMA allowed it then presumably Stagecoach could buy Warrington and D&G. I agree most unlikely though!