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And drivers? And ensure drivers are route trained? And that drivers duties are drawn up and in line with legal requirements and Union agreements? And you have sufficient O Discs to put extra vehicles on the road? It's not just a case of finding a few extra buses!

Indeed. And supports views above that they have plugged what gaps they can with the resources they know they have. They may be able to plug other gaps but only once they are sure they have the resources to do so. A highly pragmatic and sensible approach.

See message below from Stagecoach Yorkshire MD on the Stagecoach Yorkshire thread on this forum...

But if they were "sold" for a price well below their true market value then the Receivers have neither the assets or the money... Don't hold your breath for that statement to be massively informative. We came, we tried, external factors, bad luck, we failed is the usual extent of them. Indeed...

Indeed - give them chance! School routes the priority to cover and that's now been largely done. Other trips to follow the tendering process if there is still (a) demand for journeys at that time and (b) budget to pay for them

C Cheers, thought as much. Trying to remember the operator who fell foul of this fairly recently but can't recall who it was. 1742935945 There's the potential that Ashbourne CT will deploy a duplicate vehicle on certain runs if needed so you've 2 vehicles operating the service. Longer term...

There are any number of villages/hamlets across Derbyshire (and beyond) that don't have a bus service. That in itself is not a reason to issue an emergency tender. There has to be a social need - kids to get to a primary school in a neighbouring village etc with no suitable alternative. If such...

DCC have no power or authority to tell what operators they can and can't run commercially

Give them chance! Its just over 24 hours since the announcement was made about Hulleys and potential new operators were working to a Thursday start date. Things will will have been happening behind the scenes at various operators and they may well have announcements planned for tomorrow.

Receivers took over running the business yesterday.

Will depend if the Receivers are willing to sell them at a price the new operators are willing to pay

And utterly pointless. The Receivers are running things now and won't just walk out of the office and hand over a wad of cash. Also, the Receivers need all the money they can get to pay off as much of the debt as possible, thus stopping buses going out in to service and earning some money...

Maybe that is all that is needed and/or maybe they were the only bidder? 1742924680 Initially awarded to Linburg but gather there has been a change of mind on their part. We need somebody on the gate at Andrews tomorrow, will be interesting to see what fleet they are able to put together at...

A short notice registration should include a letter of support from the relevant local authority (in this case DCC) for it to be accepted. Very strange for DCC to have supported both applications - if indeed that is what has happened. The only possible reason I can think is that the two...

Why? It's a commercial service so up to the operators what they both wish to offer. Personally I don't think there's the demand on the 170 for 2 operators, and personally I can see one of the operators pulling off before too long. Maybe the fact that no one has jumped in to rescue the 55...

Stagecoach commence the 170 tomorrow, and 63 on Thursday 1742911523 63 to be an Enviro 300 and 170 to be deckers I gather at least initially

Yes, if a commercial registration is put over a tendered provision that would usually see the tendered elements removed.

Two big surprises in there for me - Andrews going back in to service work is a bit of a surprise (though geographically makes perfect sense), but Linburg likewise I honestly didn't see coming. Aside from schools work, I think the last time they operated any contracted work was the 505...

Not necessarily. Staff have been informed by the Receivers that company issued phones will have their contracts cancelled after Wednesday. The (former) owner is effectively made redundant by the Receivers, who are now running the business, after Wednesday. It may well be the conditions of that...

That's the choice you take.. go the TUPE route, guaranteed employment on your current T&Cs, keep your length of service etc; or quit, apply as an outsider, get moved on to standard T&Cs but get a cash bonus. However, as above, I highly doubt TUPE is an option here as no Hulley's staff are...