(02 May 2015, 1:11 pm)Andreos1 wrote That is the bit that jumps out.
The rest was included, to give context...

If the government wants to put the franchsies together, then there was going to be overlap, probably with a large number of back office systems like payroll, so I would have thought that this would not have came out of the blue unfortunately to some of the staff who work for either Southern or First Capital Connect when it was announced two would become one.