The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is a statutory consultee for franchising and Enhanced Partnership proposals. In this webinar, we discussed the recently published bus franchising advice paper for LTAs. The paper is intended to be a helpful tool for LTAs that are considering franchising proposals or developing franchising plans. We provided a high-level overview of the paper, what is in scope of the paper, and how the CMA can assist LTAs considering franchising proposals.
More broadly the advice consolidates and builds upon competition insights and reflections from our franchising proposal reviews to date (thus far GMCA, LCRCA and WYCA). The CMA’s intention is to assist LTAs in meeting their policy objectives, by helping LTAs to think about how different interventions may affect markets, the role competition can play in supporting the objectives of LTAs, and franchising design considerations that may help promote competition and thereby help deliver long-term policy objectives.
Please email advocacy@cma.gov.uk if you have any questions prior to the session regarding the paper or presentation that we may be able to capture.