Howards/Springfield

[Mayneway]

RE: Howards/Springfield

(11/08/2018 08:31)knutstransport Wrote:  How well is the coach hire part of the business going and does an operator running both bus and coach services generally benefit the coach hire part or work to it's disadvantage? I recall people saying one reason Go Goodwins branded the bus operation differently was due to bus services working to the disadvantage of the coach hire part. Howards don't seem to know which name to use - some vehicles say Howards, others say Springfield, some say both while bus service registrations have been under both the Ian Howard licence and the Springfield Bus & Coach licence. It's a bit like GHA and Vale Travel in some respects.

I would assume the service work goes on whatever licence has adequate disks surly?


As for Go Goodwins. Personally I think the reasoning for the rebranding of the service buses was a bit of a rouse. Apparently there was a disagreement on which way to take the business further, so the bus side of it was rebranded and distanced from the coach side. Given that all their service work was tendered bar a couple of commercial schools having the same name on the side of a bus as what's on a coach wouldn't have made a big difference.
Looking back though I do wonder whether the bus work was pulled away and rebranded ready for a sale?