Blackpool - Catch 22 to be banned?

[theblackwatch]

A report on the Blackpool Gazette website:
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/n...ol-bus-company-faces-seven-year-ban-1-7373323

A Blackpool bus operator is facing a seven year ban after a transport inspector ruled it did not comply with the terms of its licence.

Oakwood Travel now operating under the name Catch 22 Bus Ltd has been involved in a long running series of hearings with the Golborne -based inspector over its licence.

Its owner Philip Higgs was also linked to Classic Bus North West and Totally Transport as well as Red Rocket buses.

Some will no doubt remember a previous discussion regarding this outfit (and its predecessors) at http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=90275

 

[northwichcat]

Someone posted in another thread about them acquiring licences by taking over Tanseys Coaches, While Tanseys Coaches have the leftovers of Warrington Coachways, who had to surrender their operating licences.

 

[Titfield]

You can not just acquire an operators license by taking over another operator. You have to notify the DVSA that a material change has taken place who will review the change and may decide what action is required. This could be a Public Inquiry etc.

 

[northwichcat]

Just found the exact post, it was actually the purchase of a business from Tanseys:

"The business of Nuttall, Warrington, was purchased from Tansey, Warrington, in June. Services 12 and 21 now operate on this licence"

 

[Busaholic]

A report on the Blackpool Gazette website:
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/n...ol-bus-company-faces-seven-year-ban-1-7373323



Some will no doubt remember a previous discussion regarding this outfit (and its predecessors) at http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=90275

You'd have to be mad to set yourself up with the name Catch22

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Would I be right in thinking that the operator's promises of new services by both Red Rocket and by GorillaBus had something in common?