HC Deb 24 July 1987 vol 120 c606W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the former National Bus Company companies which have been privatised by type of purchase including management buyout.

Mr. David Mitchell

Thirty-nine National Bus Company subsidiaries have been sold since sales began in July 1986, 25 to their own managements or employees. The details are as follows:

Management-employee buyouts

  • Badgerline Ltd.
  • Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company Ltd.
  • Cambus Ltd.
  • Cheltenham and Gloucester Omnibus Company Ltd.
  • The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd.
  • Devon General Ltd.
  • Eastern Counties Omnibus Ltd.
  • East Kent Road Car Company Ltd.
  • The Eastern National Omnibus Company Ltd.
  • East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd.
  • The Maidstone and District Motor Services Ltd.
  • Midland Red Coaches Ltd.
  • Midland Red West Ltd.
  • National Welsh Omnibus Services Ltd.
  • The Northern General Transport Company Ltd.
  • Potteries Motor Traction Company Ltd.
  • Provincial Bus Company Ltd.
  • The Southern Vectis Omnibus Company Ltd.
  • South Midland Ltd.
  • The South Wales Transport Company Ltd.
  • Trent Motor Traction Company Ltd.
  • Wessex National Ltd.
  • West Riding Automobile Company Ltd.
  • Wilts and Dorset Bus Company Ltd.
  • The Yorkshire Traction Company Ltd.

Third Party Purchases

  • Alder Valley Engineering Ltd.
  • Bristol Engineering Ltd.
  • Carlyle Works Ltd.
  • Cumberland Motor Services Ltd.
  • Eastern National Engineering Ltd.
  • H and D Distribution Ltd.
  • Hampshire Bus Company Ltd.
  • Kent Engineering (NBC) Ltd.
  • National Holidays Ltd.
  • NTE Coaches Ltd.
  • Pilgrim Coaches Ltd.
  • Shamrock and Rambler Coaches Ltd.
  • Southdown Engineering Services Ltd.
  • United Counties Engineering Ltd.