Tresidder commented How Trentbarton became a £60m bus company

Thirty years ago at the height of her powers, prime minister Margaret Thatcher turned her attention to Britain's heavily subsidised and therefore expensive bus services. Car usage was rising while bus passenger numbers were falling fast.Over in Hereford, an experiment was underway. Services had been deregulated allowing companies to run buses on routes where and when they wanted. Companies in Hereford were competing with each other for fares on the same profitable routes charging what they...