STAGECOACH is to seek a review of competition issues in its rebuffed bid for a New Zealand bus company, Yellow Bus of Auckland. The Perth-based group first approached Yellow Bus last year but was told any deal would be ruled out because Stagecoach already operates bus services in Auckland.

But now FirstGroup has said it will bid for Yellow Bus, which is likely to be sold in the next few months for up to #40m, and Stagecoach is to ask for

clearance to make its own bid.