Moulton and Pashley to merge under Alex Moulton name

Alex Moulton Bicycles and Pashley are expected to announce that they are to combine their capital, administration and brands into a single company for the production of Moulton Bicycles. The combined company will use the Alex Moulton name. This probably means that there will no longer be a distinction between "Pashley Moulton" and "Alex Moulton". Production of the bicycles will initially remain unchanged, so the TSR will continue to be made in Stratford-upon-Avon, while the Esprit, New Series and Double Pylon models will continue to be made at Bradford-on-Avon. A single website will feature the combined range. Many questions remain, such as:

• does this mean that one can order any Alex Moulton bicycle throughany Pashley dealer.
• will there be any staff redundancies?
• will there be a clean split between the company producing the traditional Pashley range, and the new combined Pashley Moulton/Alex Moulton entity?
• will the premises in Stratford continue to be shared?
• where will new design and development work be done?

Let's hope the official announcement comes soon and we get lots of answers!