Howards/Springfield

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RE: Howards/Springfield

(11/08/2018 10:54)Mayneway Wrote:  I would assume the service work goes on whatever licence has adequate disks surly?

But why continue to have operating discs under two different names and if you do and have regular vehicles for routes (like Howards did) why make Howards branding more prominent if it's running a service on a Springfield licence?

Quote: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?

People still blame operators for rubbish services even when they are running the exact number of services specified by the tender.

As Rotala didn't adopt the Little Gem brand there was no point to it, the bus business was separate to the coach business. All they would have needed to do was to ensure Go Goodwins buses were debranded by a certain date.