Tags: Bus Company.
Southern Vectis is the dominant bus operator on the Isle of Wight. Formed in 1921 and later owned by the Southern Railway it was nationalised in 1948 and became part of the National Bus Company in 1969. Privatised in 1987 it became a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group in July 2005.In the 1980s it engaged in some aggressive tactics to try and stifle its competitors. This attracted the attention of the Office of Fair Trading.
