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Competition body has failed to ask what bus passengers want

Peter Huntley - Managing director, Go North East, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8
03 June 2011
Peter Huntley says the Competition Commission displays ‘reverse logic’ in advocating bus Quality Contracts
Peter Huntley says the Competition Commission displays ‘reverse logic’ in advocating bus Quality Contracts

 

It was with mounting concern that I read the Competition Commission report on the bus industry. Following the logic of its analysis, Brighton (with little sustained competition) is a ‘failure’ whilst Paisley (persistent competition and many new entrants) is the model of success. Can there be a single bus passenger in the UK who would agree with the Commission’s conclusion?

Like many organisations without any ‘real world’ context the Competition Commission places...

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