Gibson Direct

I got a private message on another forum, this is the message below does anyone know if its true or not?
“Gibsons stops running his routes on the 8th nov. M*****s will start theirs on the same day”

Sounds about right

We do not give 2 tosses about that bloody company on here, of which one director is a convicted fraudster.

This thread will be deleted over the weekend, and any more that mentions that firm will also be deleted. We will not have busvegs prattling on about a company nobody gives 2 tosses about.

I assumed folk would be interested in a well run, well liked family company selling up there service side.
I'm sure haggis'll tell you what they're like as a company as i remember her saying she used to work for them.

Everyone is slowly selling up, simply because operating a bus service isn't profitable any more. Thanks to the DDA, in a very short while every bus & coach service will have the be wheelchair accessible, and small independents wont be able to afford low floor buses to replace aged step entry buses & coaches. The days of the small company are coming to an end. Schools contracts are starting to pay peanuts too, and councils are demanding newer vehicles on contracts, but not willing to pay the prices operators need to run newer vehicles.

That's the thing that makes Gibson's different from most of the other small independent companies in that uk, in that there service fleet has been 100% low floor wheelchair assessable for 3 years now.

All on finance no doubt. Most family run operations will come to an end within the next 5 years, as when the owner retires, they have advised the younger family members not to get involved in the industry, so there is nobody to hand the firms down to. There used to be money made, but thanks to ever tightening legislation, massive insurance premium hikes, constant fuel price rises, and shortly the 2.5% VAT increase to deal with...It just simply doesn't justify the long hours that are needed. You will often find now, that the boss earns less than his/her drivers a year, all for slogging his or her guts out.

Gibsons Direct might have been family run but I knew A driver and recently spoke to another driver about this outfit, the guy that owned Gibsons Direst was a hothead and known to have punched a few drivers in the past but as we know that company that never passes our lips have bought Gibsons for an undisclosed amount meaning expansion into Renfrewshire. this company now have the most control over the south banks of the Clyde.
Glasgow, Barrhead, Paisley, Govan. Renfrewshire and most of Inverclyde so no matter how much you try to blank this lot out your mind its not the last time you will here of this company, this company will eventually be a big player in the west of Scotland.

There were rumers a couple of years back that Arriva want to offload their only interest in Scotland That of Arriva West Scotland and now the unmentionable company has the ex Arriva Scotland MD as their MD now I think its only a matter of time that an offer will be put on the table to take over Arriva's interest...watch this space.

They will be forced to sell some ops by the government monopolies commission.

I'd heard that about him as well.

Hey thanks for your rant nice to see you back on form!

In my opinion a boss of any company should show restraint when dealing with others and "losing his temper" should never happen We all make mistakes, its part of life, ok there may be a few out there that prang buses carelessly but Diplomacy should be used in all cases.

Oh and as I said I knew two drivers who worked for this outfit, one left after a day, this guy worked for Stagecoach so he has had his fare share of shit off managment the other walked out after 6 months working there!

Remember this forum is not for arguments, why do you think we left the other forum! Peace out.

Haggis, no operator will be squeaky clean, and Gibson's will have a few skeletons in the cupboard. There is a very high chance it was a 'sell up before we do a Mckindless', as the low floor tackle will all be on finance, and revenue probably only just covers their payments, with little or no profit for the owners.

Wouldn't be nice to 'retire' with debts running into tens of thousands...

I've known the Gibson family for years, my sister and brother was at school with Robert, i know how he operates and everything is above board...