(22 Feb 2015, 10:44 pm)Malarkey wrote So what would the Go North East and Arriva Hexham/Ashington Depot/Service/Vehicle Swap a few years back be classed as then, if that was able to go ahead then I cant see an issue in a merger of the GNE 40/41 and SNE 40 with GNE getting a Stagecoach Service in exchange to sweeten the Deal, Plus if Quality Contracts come into play would these Services not get merged anyway.
Both companies got slammed for it, and it ultimately led to two executives stepping down...
There's a competition commission report kicking around somewhere, and plenty of news articles to go with it.