John Cranage B'ham Post 23 Sep 09

The Spanish family leading the consortium bidding for Birmingham-based bus and rail group National Express has given a written undertaking to subscribe to a £300 million rights issue should the deal fall through…

• B'ham Post 1 Oct Nat Express sells Digbeth coach station
• B'ham Post 25 Sep Cosmen given extra 3 weeks
• B'ham Post 11 Sep National Express in talks over £765m takeover deal
• B'ham Post 7 Sep Stagecoach to pay DfT £100m to smooth National Express rail purchase
• Telegraph 5 Sep Stagecoach to pay Gov't £100m
• B'ham Post 4 Sep Cosmen: 'third & final' offer of £765m for NE
• Times 29 Aug Stagecoach ponders late bid for National Express
• Telegraph 28 Aug NE bullish as it rejects Cosmen offer
• B'ham Post 28 Aug National Express consider £690m bid
• B'ham Post 27 Aug NE receives £700m Cosmen bid
• Guardian 24 Jul Cosmen family: driving ambition
• Times 9 Jul Cosmens: Ambitious Spanish dynasty
• B'ham Post 6 Aug NE bidders given deadline
• B'ham Post 4 Aug NE chairman in survival pledge
• B'ham Post 3 Aug NE tight-lipped over £350m rights issue
• B'ham Post 31 Jul Operating profits fall for NE coaches
• B'ham Post 30 Jul NE reports losses of nearly £50m
• B'ham Post 27 Jul MPs demand NE stripped of franchises
• Mercury 27 Jul Rail passengers 'taken for granted'
• B'ham Post 15 Jul National Express ‘ripped off’ taxpayer
• B'ham Post 16 Jul Better rail services key to WN economy
• B'ham Post 2 Jul National Express rail failure was inevitable
• BBC News 1 Jul Nat Express East Coast to be state-run
• B'ham Post 1 Jul National Express chief quits
• Pig Blog 1 Jul Nationalise the lot?
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• Birmingham Post 11 Sep 09 Transport National Express in talks over £765m takeover deal
• Birmingham Post 7 Sep 09 Transport news Stagecoach to pay DfT £100m to smooth National Express rail purchase
• Birmingham Post 4 Sep 09 Transport news Cosmen family: ‘third and final’ offer of £765m for National Express
• Times 29 Aug 09 Transport news Stagecoach ponders late bid for National Express
• Birmingham Post 28 Aug 09 Business news National Express consider £690m bid
• Birmingham Post 27 Aug 09 Business news National Express receives £700m takeover offer from Cosmen family
• Birmingham Post 6 August 09 Business news National Express bidders given deadline
• Birmingham Post 4 August 09 Business news National Express chairman in survival pledge
• Express & Star 4 August 09 News No thumbs-up for National Express buses
• Birmingham Post 3 August 09 Business news National Express tight-lipped over £350m rights issue

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