G. H. A. Coaches

[winston]

You'd have thought that it would have been kept going to see if it could have been salvaged or parts of it sold off, it seems like Hendersons / Webber Bus / Western Greyhound / Silcox etc that it will just get absorbed by other operators. I assume this will take longer to cover due to GHA's size & area of operations

[winston]

I have put 34 photos of their fleet on the main website in the last couple of weeks. Operating ex NXWM solos in  all day service is not a good sign

They've been buying late 1990's ex Go-Ahead B10BLE/Wright Renown's in numbers as well that are approaching 20 years old

[Stuharris 6360]

Presumably, they can't afford the fine!

http://www.healthandsafetyatwork.com/hsw/LOLER/GHA-coaches-resentencing

[winston]

One post on this thread from another forum suggests that GHA had massive debts, and that a rescue package is currently being formulated???

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=132786

[Cheese]

There was a list on Cheshire East Council's website last week of the tendered journeys on the 38 and 78 etc which GHA would not be operating due to one assumes a lack of drivers - sure I saw somewhere recently that there were looking for around 100 drivers.  Seems they took on far too much work across such a wide area and then couldn't run the services.

When I went for a ride on Routemaster Buses on the 84 from Crewe to Chester, whilst Routemaster were running all their journeys, GHA only had 2 buses out instead of the 3 or 4 it should have been, and one of them seemed only to be running between Chester and Tarvin.  The whole fleet is looking down at heel, even the new Solo SRs I saw in Nantwich were already looking down at heel, and as for some of the older 52-plate Solos in Cheshire livery, they were in a proper state inside and out.

[winston]

GHA have had to pull off a number of routes, particulalry tendered routes plus their Warrington competiting services were pulled having overstretched themselves and being unable to provide the service. I also saw something online that GHA were after 100 bus drivers.

GHA forced the closure of Routemaser Buses, then promptly withdrew from the C84 themselves....

[mikestone]

Stagecoach are reported to be taking on the 55 from Denbigh to Wrexham amongst others.
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http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/how-wrexhams-gha-coaches-closure-11611895
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[winston]

Stagecoach are reported to be taking on the 55 from Denbigh to Wrexham amongst others.
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http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/how-wrexhams-gha-coaches-closure-11611895
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I expect Stagecoach will also pick up some of their Chester based services

[winston]

GHA now confirmed as closed down & all staff have been made redundant:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-36793520

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/gha-coaches-reason-wrexham-bus-11613569

[Solo1]

Came a shock as a thought they were doing ok at least the other bus firms have said apply for the jobs but what about the admin staff &cleaners

[Cheese]

Came a shock as a thought they were doing ok at least the other bus firms have said apply for the jobs but what about the admin staff &cleaners

Wasn't surprised at all, been pretty obvious for a while that this could happen, a very abrupt ending though.

[Steveminor]

The winding up order came with from HMRC for failure to pay taxs

[winston]

GHA Gold - quality accident repairs, shame they don't duct tape to match:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/doncasterbusphotos/27675234623
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76257710@N03/28254817166
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76257710@N03/28007517360

1405 appears to have been like that for at least a couple of months:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/east_lancs/26644173410

The winding up order came with from HMRC for failure to pay taxs

GHA owed HMRC £700k in unpaid tax
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/gha-coaches-wrexham-bus-firm-11618998

[Cedric]

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/former-bosses-collapsed-gha-coaches-11758297

[mikestone]

There is presumably the possibility that these companies have been sold on by the administrators. Neither company has a transport manager according to vosa.