Cheers as CK comes bad
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ONLY A WEEK after CK Coaches drivers guarded their buses avoid their being repossessed, the Cardiff operator got "its shc back on the road" on Monday this week, providing competition Cardiff's municipal bus undertaking.
The operator had ceased trading as mounting debts had made it impossible to meet the financial commitments incurred by its 20-strong bus and coach fleet which had also suffered from a spate of accident damage and mechanical problems resulting from the recent bad weather.
CK Coaches is alleged to have abstracted £80,000 from the municipal undertaking's revenue. It uses five buses on three routes and offers cheap fares and a conductor service.
In addition to its controversial stage routes, it operates contracts and private hires and licensed late night "disco" services in Cardiff. News of the operator's p sible demise brought a ml "Laker" style reaction from 1 public with extensive lw media coverage and offers cash assistance.
Now the bank has given operation a breather and a CI sultant has been appointed look into the running of bt. ness.
But Cardiff City this week futed CK's allegations of "ro flooding" (CM, February ; saying they were without fo dation.