GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

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RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(29/05/2015 08:53)knutstransport Wrote:  It's not just a case of whether the council decides, there's legislation in place to prevent public money being spent subsiding a service which duplicates a commercial service so Shropshire may have a legal duty to cancel the contract, then it'll be up to GHA to decide whether to either run a competing commercial service or not to run a service on that route.

GHA actually lost the Cheshire East contract for Sunday and Bank Holidays services between Macclesfield and Manchester to D&G Bus. However, instead of withdrawing the service GHA decided to run a reduced service commercially when meant Cheshire East annulled the contract they had awarded to D&G Bus.

But what happens in the situation where GHA have already invested in preparation for the contract? Ie there purchase of shropshire bus?