Scraping the barrel...
UK North in its second(?) incarnation instigated an aggressive bus war with incumbent Stagecoach Manchester around a decade or so ago. It was an acrimonous spat, with UKN digging up the old GM Buses name (as seen here) and Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell becoming involved.
Predictably things were to end very badly for UK North following a serious accident involving one of its buses, and not only did it lose its operator's license but a couple of its directors spent some time in one of the government's long stay hotels for their troubles. A fine advert for the bus industry, indeed. Here is Ikarus-bodied DAF SB220 W176 GDN in Manchester.
Scraping the barrel...
UK North in its second(?) incarnation instigated an aggressive bus war with incumbent Stagecoach Manchester around a decade or so ago. It was an acrimonous spat, with UKN digging up the old GM Buses name (as seen here) and Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell becoming involved.
Predictably things were to end very badly for UK North following a serious accident involving one of its buses, and not only did it lose its operator's license but a couple of its directors spent some time in one of the government's long stay hotels for their troubles. A fine advert for the bus industry, indeed. Here is Ikarus-bodied DAF SB220 W176 GDN in Manchester.