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Friday 18/9 and Monday 21/9 reads appearing four weeks down my feed (iOS). Indexing glitch?
Good reads though once tracked down, thank you.
Cheers Rob, both have been updated to their correct dates. LBM
Yes, Friday’s has only just appeared. I was getting worried – highlight of my Monday and Friday. Thanks for keeping these going LongBranchMike – always appreciated!
“Franchising is Dead” ( Update )
Two articles in the Guardian about this:
Here</A.
and
here, too
It is unfortunate and potentially confusing that the railway operating sector has recently appropriated the word “concession” to mean a contract without revenue risk. Because it is pretty much the opposite of how everyone else uses the word. An example of the normal usage of the term is HS1’s Concession Contract, ie access to a right or asset to run a business. A less confusing term for the new railway operating contracts would have been “management contracts”.
They have form. Previously they appropriated the word “franchise” to mean something different from how everyone else used it for. A less confusing word for it would have been “concession”.