(17 Sep 2023, 9:13 pm)Adrian wrote What a load of nonsense. I'm confident that the perception of buses only being for the groups you describe, only exists in the minds of the small-minded.

Everyone else can see they perform a vital role and have real socio-economic benefits.


It's abundantly clear from your posts, that you have little to no experience in managing people, let alone dealing with trade unions. Dictation, maybe, but not managing.

To blame Wilkos collapse on an underperforming workforce is absurd. Not one leading economist or business commentator shares your view.

It's quite clear that you're only posting here, anonymously, to try and get a rise out of people.

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I doubt that there is a single economist or business commentator that even shops in the likes of Wilko or Poundland. What would they know about the effect of a workplace culture on whether customers want to spend time and money in a store?

All they know are the sales figures, and they duly speculate. Unsurprisingly, a lot of what GMB claimed was the reason the company failed, found its way into certain media outlets without even being questioned. Understandably, Wilko management are reluctant to blame the workers for the collapse, even now.

And if you are so certain that everyone sees the socio-economic value of buses, why is it that they clearly don't get the level of funding or priority that roads, train and even cycling does? Here we are at a time when a mass change in travel habits could literally save the planet and stop serious health impacts, and services are actually being cut. The government rule that the meagre awards obtained haphazardly for BSIPs are categorically not for the sustenance of existing services, has been quietly forgotten. 

To take your cue, if you would like to find me a single transport industry commentator who says buses do get the priority they deserve, I would love to see it.