Graeme Brown Birmingham Post 11 Sep 09

Directors of transport firm National Express have begun talks and opened their books to Spain’s Cosmen family and CVC Capital Partners as speculation grows that the company is poised to accept a £765 million 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 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 31 July 09 Business news Operating profits fall for National Express
• Birmingham Post 15 July 09 Business news National Express ‘ripped off’ taxpayer, Lab MP John McDonnell says
• BBC News 1 July 09 ( Transport news National Express East Coast rail to be state-run
• Birmingham Post 1 July 09 Transport news National Express chief quits
• B'ham Mail 12 Sep 09 Transport Midlands train vision ‘worthless’ if rail companies keep having strikes
• Express & Star 8 Sep 09 News Tipton station shut for eight months

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