Tom Scotney Birmingham Post 4 Sep 09

The consortium looking to buy National Express has made a “third and final” offer of £765 million – and says it plans to sell off the group’s UK rail and bus businesses to rival Stagecoach…

• 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?
• National Express Home
• Stagecoach Group News

• Birmingham Post 7 Sep 09 Transport news Stagecoach to pay DfT £100m to smooth National Express rail purchase
• 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
• Birmingham Post 31 July 09 Business news Operating profits fall for National Express
• Birmingham Post 27 July 09 Business comment Government at fault in allowing National Express get-out clause

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