In the run-up to deregulation, London Country Bus Services was broken up into four smaller companies in September 1986. London Country North West took over 360 buses and garages at Garston, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Amersham and Slough. It also operated several London contracts. Its managing director was Dennis Ord. In January 1988 LCNW became the first of the four new companies to be privatised. It was sold to its management. In 1989 a new livery of green and grey was introduced. The two years between 1988 and 1990 proved difficult for the company: in May 1988 it was found guilty by the area Traffic Commisionner of having failed to operate local bus services in accordance with registrations, and banned from registering any new routes for three months.; in February 1990 the duration o