Another Loss

• Guest 671

  • Registered: 4 May 2008
  • Posts: 2,095
  10 November 2014     09:32274282
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  FirstGroup adds to Thameslink loss, losing ScotRail to Dutch rival Abellio after five-way franchise contest.
  
  FirstGroup shares fell 7 per cent after it lost the £2.5billion ScotRail franchise to Abellio, an offshoot of the Dutch national railway operator.
  
  Why do we keep giving these contracts to our rivals?
  
  
  Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2784753/FirstGroup-loses-ScotRail-contract-Dutch-rival-Abellio.
  
  "My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  10 November 2014     10:43274284
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  Been like that as far back as I can remember, a year or two back we gave the contract to build new rolling stock to an overseas company. Recently a foreign business tried to buy a major French company, Danone I think and their government put a block on it.