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was rejected by the Court of Session. However, it was subsequently ruled by Lord Coulsfield that no grounds had been established by Henjac to justify a judicial review of Ian Lang's decision, and ultimately, Fife Scottish would be purchased by Stagecoach Holdings for £9.1 million (equivalent to £24,676,000 in 2023).
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agreed not to sell Fife Scottish to Stagecoach Holdings until the hearing into the sale was concluded. Despite three of four of Fife Scottish's senior managers withdrawing from the Henjac team in July 1991 as a result of a disagreement over a proposed share structure, a bid to throw out Henjac's case
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on 26 October 1986, which would ultimately see the breakup of the Scottish Bus Group, Fife Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. was created amid the reorganisation of all SBG subsidiaries. Fife Scottish was the only SBG subsidiary to survive the reorganisation without losing any of its operating areas to the four
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Despite enduring heavy competition, Fife Scottish remained the most profitable of the SBG subsidiaries throughout the SBG's gradual breakup. When the company was put on the market in February 1991 as the penultimate SBG subsidiary to be sold, Fife Scottish was seen by potential buyers as the 'jewel
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following deregulation, the company still endured competition within its operating area. Rennie's of Dunfermline were the first challengers to Fife Scottish, however the largest and most sustained competition came from local coach operator Moffat & Williamson, who built up a substantial network
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Following the sale, Stagecoach would engage in increasingly severe competition with Moffat & Williamson following the purchase of Fife Scottish, which was criticised for being predatory and uncompetitive, and a loss-making Moffat & Williamson would be forced to withdraw the majority of its
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Fife Scottish was first created by the SBG in 1978 as part of the rebranding of the Alexanders (Fife) operation. The company would retain the red and cream livery as well as the Alexanders (Fife) legal address, however it would adopt a group standard logo consisting of three-quarters of a blue
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new companies formed by the SBG, although it did not again any operating area from any pre-existing subsidiaries. The SBG corporate fleet name style was retained, albeit printed in an unusually large size and placed on buses painted with larger areas of cream.
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in the crown' of the formerly state-owned bus group. Competitive bids were placed to buy the company, with Fife Scottish's employees led by managing director Derek Stuart offering to perform either a
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For six weeks between late May and July 1991, the Henjac employee team and Stagecoach Holdings would compete with one another, placing revised bids. Following an initial judicial review,
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This article is about the business formed in 1985 after the restructuring of its parent company. For its predecessor which also traded as "Fife Scottish" after 1978, see
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announced that he would back Stagecoach's bid for the company, causing outcry amid claims the Henjac bid was higher than Stagecoach's. The Henjac team would go to the
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The existing Northern, Eastern, Highland and Western companies will lose territory, and the Fife company will remain unaltered.
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in Edinburgh in an attempt to make Ian Lang reconsider his views on Staegcoach's bid, and although an appeal for an interim
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Fife Scottish's origins can be traced back to 1909, where after numerous buyouts and mergers, the company became part of
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and the subsequent privatisation of the Scottish Bus Group. The company today trades as part of
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services, which were operated mainly from Fife to other destinations across Scotland.
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of services throughout much of Fife that mirrored Fife Scottish's network. A "
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between the words 'Fife' and 'Scottish'. From its head office in
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Although Fife Scottish did not expand into the nearby cities of
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competing services despite Stagecoach being reprimanded by the
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was rejected, the sale to Stagecoach would be blocked when the
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
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Temple Press. 20 June 1991. p. 23 714:"Fife team fights on as Stagecoach bids" 2274:Transport companies established in 1978 1664:Maidstone & District Motor Services 1267:Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company 654:"Stagecoach take over Fife bus company" 382:. Temple Press. 12 May 1961. p. 37 340: 403:"State control - but local management" 26: 1546:South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach 1160:North Western Road Car Company (1986) 1155:North Western Road Car Company (1923) 196:, which following the passage of the 7: 281:as 'Henjac 171', while fast-growing 857:Cooper, Glenda (24 December 1995). 772:. Glasgow. 11 July 1991. p. 14 374:"Scottish Omnibuses Reorganization" 21:W. Alexander & Sons (Fife) Ltd. 2284:1991 disestablishments in Scotland 2164:Former bus companies operating in 1272:Northern General Transport Company 1015:Former bus companies operating in 690:. Glasgow. 17 June 1991. p. 5 401:Taylor, Ashley (7 November 1969). 14: 1609:Aldershot & District Traction 825:"Stagecoach wins Fife Scottish". 660:. Perth. 14 June 1991. p. 11 522:"Fife Scottish goes up for grabs" 2037: 1689:Portsmouth Corporation Transport 1463:Eastern National Omnibus Company 1218: 1213: 1208: 802:. Perth. 16 July 1991. p. 4 582:. Perth. 31 May 1991. p. 22 409:. 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Northern Counties
Leyland Olympian
Aberhill
Scottish Bus Group
Kirkcaldy
Fife
Fife
Tayside
Scottish Bus Group
bus deregulation
Stagecoach East Scotland
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Scottish Motor Traction
Transport Act 1968
Scottish Bus Group
saltire
Kirkcaldy
St Andrews
Dunfermline
Cowdenbeath
Glenrothes
Leven
Scottish Citylink
deregulation of the bus industry
Edinburgh
Dundee
bus war

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