Coach boss apologises after company goes bust

The coach company had been operating for 25 years

A coach operator has apologised to customers and creditors after confirming it would enter liquidation.

Creditors of Wolverhampton-based InterChoice Limited, which had been providing trips for 25 years, will meet on Friday.

Director John Evitt said the business, which specialised in over-55s travel, was no longer trading partly due to the impact of Covid.

The liquidation does not affect InterChoice Holidays, a related but separate company based in Sedgley.

Mr Evitt, 63, said InterChoice Limited had tens of thousands in liabilities and apologised to those it owed money.

Among those who are waiting to be paid are customers who purchased trips, he confirmed.

He added he was very sad the company had failed, adding he hoped to make it up to customers in the future.

"As every business would, we apologise for the situation that it's created," he told the BBC.

Thousands owed

Steve Lynch, owner and director of Johnston Coaches in Rugeley, near Lichfield, claimed Interchoice Limited owed his company about £4,000.

Mr Lynch said creditors' documents showed coach companies across the region were owed money.

The Interchoice director disputed the £4,000 figure and said the two firms had been in dispute before the liquidation was confirmed.

Mr Evitt said he had done everything he could to protect his employees and hoped former customers would continue to trust InterChoice Holidays.