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Change of subject What ever happened to the Adl 200 hybrids that Mcgulks had and the My Bus Fiat Orions 1603396388 Mc Gills sorry

Have Mc Gills buses got social distancing information e.g. Signs telling passengers which seats that cannot be used as used in First bus How many useable seats would there be in a Citaro say?

Yes I think the financial review is the interesting part . On the face of it they should be ok, they had £3.5M in the bank at the end of 2018 according to their accounts .With 600 discs they should need about £2.7M assuming £4,500 approx per vehicle I don't even think that they need 600 discs...

Just been announced by Paisley Daily Express that there has been a last minute agreement between Mcgill s and Unite in the Acas Glasgow office The three strikes beginning tomorrow are now cancelled

Is the Unite strike still going ahead on Tuesday at Mcgills ?

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Yes SPT have stopped supplying new Solos e.g. Stuart's and JMB have started using their own Mercs as well as Mc Gills operators were so badly burnt with some of S PT offerings in the past such as renaults and Fiat Orions that an operator would charge for their own vehicle PLUS the costs of...

How much is The ex Arriva drivers hourly rate and what is the hourly rate for the long term Mcgill s drivers get paid and what differences in their contracfs exists? I would assume that First and Ariiva rates s would be comparable in 2011

X62 has an advantage off peak picking up concession Passns with fewer stops and doesn't go for tour of Loanhead like 37 but at peaks Lothian have x37 due st and the X15 and 47 serve Morningside and Tollcross and down to Granton etc Borders Buses can't compete with lothia n tickets either...

Colin Craig is a very astute businessman who likes to keep a low profile and the name Craig appears in legal legetting accounts etc and will remain WC M Borders Buses etc X62_doing very well justifying the investment in New vehicles their buses were doing very well today Hocovering up...

The press release, probably written by Jack Irvine , but which quotes Ralph Roberts will be used in Business Schools as to how you write a damage limitation press release for yea rs. It is released before a more objective version appears in magazines like Route-One stealing their thunde r. you...

This newspaper article gives an indication of what might have been discussed at the PI. It relates to the earlier date when the PI was originally set, 21 July Inquiry into bus company McGill's - PressReaderhttps://www.pressreader.com › sunday-mail-uk

If it hasn't been rescheduled ,today is the Mc Gills Public Inquiry day in Edinburgh They have been called as a company and also called ndividually are James Easdale Colin n Napier and Ralph Roberts

You have got to give them cr edit for a much better financial year than the previous year They seem to have turned the company round despite reduction in passenger number , congestion and the low envision zone . However , just over a million after tax is about 2.5% profit or assuming 400 buses...

McGills accounts are over due now, they should have been lodged before 31 September and should be seen online now. This means the last accounts published was to the end of 2017, ancient history. It should be possible to publish accounts less than 9 months ( maximum time Companies House allows)...