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Bus industry secures Competition Commission U-turn on franchises

Buses

Andrew Forster
07 October 2011
Franchising: risky?
Franchising: risky?

 

The bus industry scored a notable victory this week with the Competition Commission dropping bus franchising from the recommendations of its local bus market investigation.

In May, the Commission said it was minded to recommend franchising as a way to tackle identified competitive deficiencies in Britain’s bus market outside London. It said franchising – or Quality Contracts – were likely to be most appropriate in areas where operator competition was “particularly...

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