Local bus services market investigation reference (OFT)
皇冠体育app Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the local bus services market to the Competition Commission (CC) for investigation.
Action before reference
皇冠体育app OFT carried out a into local bus services.
Reasons for reference
Date of reference: 7 January 2010.
皇冠体育app OFT has referred the local bus services, excluding London and Northern Ireland, to the Competition Commission (CC) for investigation. 皇冠体育app key reasons for this are that low levels of competition in many bus markets both in the supply of commercial services and tendered services may be resulting in poor outcomes for bus users and taxpayers.
Key documents
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Press release 聽7 January 2010聽
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(pdf 947kb) January 2010
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(pdf 1.4Mb) January 2010
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(pdf 56kb) January 2010
Information on the Competition Commission鈥檚 local bus services market investigation is on GOV.UK