ARGYLL GROUP P930YSB
P930YSB was a Mercedes 709D / Plaxton Beaver B29F purchased new in 1997 by Ashton Coaches of Port Glasgow, a member of the Argyll Group. It is seen at Paisley Cross with a Clydeside bus behind. Argyll was probably the biggest challenge to Clydeside 2000 / Arriva as they ran a well organised fleet of very modern buses. Many of the staff were former Clydeside employees, many driven out of the company by British Bus. Eventually Arriva had no choice but to buy the firm out. Owner Alex Kean was "employed" as a "consultant" by Arriva for a period of three years. The reasoning behind this was that monthly payments were spread over the term, so in effect you were paying them out of the extra money you were generating because they were no longer competing against you. It also made it very unlikely that they could start any other business in competition until they received all their money. This bus would become number 297 with Arriva.
ARGYLL GROUP P930YSB
P930YSB was a Mercedes 709D / Plaxton Beaver B29F purchased new in 1997 by Ashton Coaches of Port Glasgow, a member of the Argyll Group. It is seen at Paisley Cross with a Clydeside bus behind. Argyll was probably the biggest challenge to Clydeside 2000 / Arriva as they ran a well organised fleet of very modern buses. Many of the staff were former Clydeside employees, many driven out of the company by British Bus. Eventually Arriva had no choice but to buy the firm out. Owner Alex Kean was "employed" as a "consultant" by Arriva for a period of three years. The reasoning behind this was that monthly payments were spread over the term, so in effect you were paying them out of the extra money you were generating because they were no longer competing against you. It also made it very unlikely that they could start any other business in competition until they received all their money. This bus would become number 297 with Arriva.