(05 Jun 2021, 7:54 pm)Metroline1511 wrote I think you mean when First were about to sell their remaining Barnstaple operation to Stagecoach, before closing the network and enabling Stagecoach to expand there anyway.
That sounds familiar, yes.
The point being that there are ways round the M&M Commission blocking a sale. Not that that's necessarily what will happen in the North-east, but the Arriva situation is certainly an intriguing one to be watching from outside the organisation.