Sale of Local Authority bus companies

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RE: Sale of Local Authority bus companies

(19/12/2015 08:16)RedPanda Wrote:  First's only north west operations are Greater Manchester ones. Branch out a little.

First did buy Chester City Transport (who were a local authority owned operator) before deciding to sell their Chester operations to Stagecoach at a later date. They also sold some former Greater Manchester Buses North operations to Stagecoach but then bought Finglands who were a competitor to Stagecoach's existing operations.