First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(31/10/2018 14:07)Brickmill Wrote:  I'm a little surprised as I understood from (then) contacts st Stagecoach that relations between Stagecoach and the Dunstan family were always good after Mike's dad retired from GMT/GMB - he was Stockport depot manager for many years. No idea about relations with GMPTE/TFGM but wouldn't have thought they would be anywhere near as bad as with certain Operators in that area. Notwithstanding all that, Stagecoach would logically be the only interested party allowed to bid as Bluebird ops were deep in First territory.

I was quite surprised as well as I always assumed Mr Dunstan had wanted out and had approached Stagecoach and offered the business to them but it seems it was the other way round. From what was said had Stagecoach and another operator, maybe transdev for example, shown an interest he would have sold to them rather than Stagecoach.
He has been quite critical of Stagecoach with various moves they have made with Middleton depot in the past.