The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, told the House of Commons that after a "finely balanced" assessment by civil servants, he had decided to appoint the "operator of last resort" – a group led by the firm Arup and under government control – to run the service, rather than allow Stagecoach and Virgin to continue under fresh terms.
Neither ministers nor the civil service have expertise in running a complex petro-chemical plant, and would have to appoint an operator, and pay for it.
The former chief executive of Channel 4 will be helping with the numbers at Camelot after the lottery operator appointed Duncan in a new role as UK managing director.
"It's in everybody's interests to get a new operator appointed as soon as possible". Staff at the airport "will be worried", he added.
Ed Loyd, a spokesman for the agency, said it was not objecting to each claim, but simply fulfilling its mandate "to provide information to the court-appointed operator".
Johan Lundgren, a former executive of Tui, the holiday operator, was appointed last autumn.
The company, which is the world's largest toll road operator, has appointed Citi and AZ Capital to explore its options of selling off some non-core assets.
The LLDC will now press ahead with plans to appoint a stadium operator.
Unitization appoints an exclusive operator to manage the CPR on behalf of all competing producers, who divide the proceeds using a preset formula.
* Shoney's Inc., Nashville, a restaurant operator and franchiser, appointed James Arnett president of the Shoney's division, Frank Brown president of Captain D's division, and Vearl Starnes president of Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken division.
A stadium operator will be appointed with the task of co-ordinating community and sporting use, as well as concerts and events.
