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They competed against B&H Buses to win the contract and the subsidy from the Council. And B&H Buses accept Big Lemon tickets on their services. It's not about competition, it's about delivering a sensible network to the public.

Central London doesn't have a transport strategy that provides visitors with thousands of car-parking spaces. If you want to use a pricing mechanism to discourage people from driving into Brighton city centre, the best way is to restrict on-street parking and charge high prices for the...

I don't know all of the ins and outs of the Brighton Buses sale, I'm afraid. Cards were being played very close to the chest. What I do know is that the Go Ahead Group were immensely keen to achieve the monopoly that they achieved, because they saw that as the opportunity to achieve growth in...

They were privatised by the Thatcher government and sold off to their management and staff, who subsequently cashed in, by selling off the company to Brighton & Hove Buses. Southdown were also sold off (in several chunks) to their managers. All parts of the Southdown family then cashed in, by...

Big Lemon still run a service along Lewes Road, specifically for Brighton University students (who were the main users of the earlier service that they ran).

What an excellent scheme! Before the City Council ever came into existence and East Sussex County Council was the transport authority for Brighton, and I was a public transport planner for ESCC, I remember having a conversation with Steve Bassam (then the Labour leader of Brighton Borough...

Is that the same Big Lemon that is currently running subsidised bus services in Brighton, funded by the City Council?