GNE - Paint Contractors
GNE - Paint Contractors
(25 Jan 2022, 4:57 pm)L469 YVK Here's a question.........why do GNE use BCW Blackburn to repaint vehicles (even with no refurbs) when Thornton Bros is only on the doorstep?
(25 Jan 2022, 4:57 pm)L469 YVK Here's a question.........why do GNE use BCW Blackburn to repaint vehicles (even with no refurbs) when Thornton Bros is only on the doorstep?
(25 Jan 2022, 5:04 pm)Adrian Capacity, timescales and costs?
Just because there's a company around the corner doesn't mean they're always the best option at that given time.
(25 Jan 2022, 5:04 pm)Adrian Capacity, timescales and costs?
Just because there's a company around the corner doesn't mean they're always the best option at that given time.
(25 Jan 2022, 5:13 pm)streetdeckfan Why do they even outsource it at all when they have Saltmeadows that can do it!
(25 Jan 2022, 5:37 pm)Adrian For the same reasons?ANd also while Saltmeadows isn't the smallest, if they increase the size/team for paint jobs, those extra paint bays aren't always going to be full. Probs cheaper to outsource than add more capacity to Saltmeadows.
Capacity isn't unlimited at Saltmeadows, so if they need X buses done by Y, I'd imagine that they have little choice other than to outsource it to contractors.
(25 Jan 2022, 5:37 pm)Adrian For the same reasons?ANd also while Saltmeadows isn't the smallest, if they increase the size/team for paint jobs, those extra paint bays aren't always going to be full. Probs cheaper to outsource than add more capacity to Saltmeadows.
Capacity isn't unlimited at Saltmeadows, so if they need X buses done by Y, I'd imagine that they have little choice other than to outsource it to contractors.
(25 Jan 2022, 6:11 pm)Omega54 ANd also while Saltmeadows isn't the smallest, if they increase the size/team for paint jobs, those extra paint bays aren't always going to be full. Probs cheaper to outsource than add more capacity to Saltmeadows.That maybe true but then they could in theory bring in extra revenue but doing paint jobs for other companies.
(25 Jan 2022, 6:11 pm)Omega54 ANd also while Saltmeadows isn't the smallest, if they increase the size/team for paint jobs, those extra paint bays aren't always going to be full. Probs cheaper to outsource than add more capacity to Saltmeadows.That maybe true but then they could in theory bring in extra revenue but doing paint jobs for other companies.
(28 Jan 2022, 2:06 pm)col87 That maybe true but then they could in theory bring in extra revenue but doing paint jobs for other companies.Depends how much capacity is required by those other companies ...... If Saltmeadows can do it cheaper, or better, or quicker, then you may be able to build a business case, otherwise they'll just be competing with established companies doing that work, potentially too much capacity in the market, and the less successful one(s) will go to the wall.
(28 Jan 2022, 2:06 pm)col87 That maybe true but then they could in theory bring in extra revenue but doing paint jobs for other companies.Depends how much capacity is required by those other companies ...... If Saltmeadows can do it cheaper, or better, or quicker, then you may be able to build a business case, otherwise they'll just be competing with established companies doing that work, potentially too much capacity in the market, and the less successful one(s) will go to the wall.
(28 Jan 2022, 2:06 pm)col87 That maybe true but then they could in theory bring in extra revenue but doing paint jobs for other companies.
(28 Jan 2022, 2:06 pm)col87 That maybe true but then they could in theory bring in extra revenue but doing paint jobs for other companies.
(30 Jan 2022, 10:55 am)Storx I'm not sure any of the big 4 (excluding GoAhead) or the London operators would touch a GoAhead company to do their paint work unless they seriously undercut the competition or there's no other alternative tbh.
(30 Jan 2022, 10:55 am)Storx I'm not sure any of the big 4 (excluding GoAhead) or the London operators would touch a GoAhead company to do their paint work unless they seriously undercut the competition or there's no other alternative tbh.
Weren't their rumours of GNE having a falling out with VDL, because Arriva were the authorised partner?
Apparently GNE didn't appreciate Arriva vans pulling up to help them out when the Cadets needed work or parts.
If true, the sort of small minded mentality and pettiness that exists in the bus industry.
(31 Jan 2022, 6:14 pm)Andreos1 Weren't their rumours of GNE having a falling out with VDL, because Arriva were the authorised partner?But if you think about it, how is it going to look a rival bus partner coming to fix a rival companies bus
Apparently GNE didn't appreciate Arriva vans pulling up to help them out when the Cadets needed work or parts.
If true, the sort of small minded mentality and pettiness that exists in the bus industry.
(31 Jan 2022, 6:14 pm)Andreos1 Weren't their rumours of GNE having a falling out with VDL, because Arriva were the authorised partner?But if you think about it, how is it going to look a rival bus partner coming to fix a rival companies bus
Apparently GNE didn't appreciate Arriva vans pulling up to help them out when the Cadets needed work or parts.
If true, the sort of small minded mentality and pettiness that exists in the bus industry.
(31 Jan 2022, 6:26 pm)Omega54 Personally if I saw it I would think oh GNE can't do anything/they don't ahve the parts so arriva has to rescue them.
(31 Jan 2022, 6:26 pm)Omega54 Personally if I saw it I would think oh GNE can't do anything/they don't ahve the parts so arriva has to rescue them.
(31 Jan 2022, 6:33 pm)mb134 Majority of punters wouldn't give it a second thought. I'd imagine the vans would be going to depots, rather than attending a roadside breakdown, so the chances of the public even seeing it would be slim to none.Whereas if this happened... Shit would go down!
(31 Jan 2022, 6:33 pm)mb134 Majority of punters wouldn't give it a second thought. I'd imagine the vans would be going to depots, rather than attending a roadside breakdown, so the chances of the public even seeing it would be slim to none.Whereas if this happened... Shit would go down!
(31 Jan 2022, 6:41 pm)Andreos1 Whereas if this happened... Shit would go down!
https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/statu...5ZXNJEyv4Q&s=19
(31 Jan 2022, 6:41 pm)Andreos1 Whereas if this happened... Shit would go down!
https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/statu...5ZXNJEyv4Q&s=19
