West Midlands Ambulance Service has lost the contract to transport patients for routine hospital appointments in North Staffordshire.
Mr McCormick was due back in court and was being transferred by private security firm Reliance, which took over the contract for the transport of offenders last week.
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The trade mission also offered the chance for some informal lobbying over Bombardier's loss of a multi-million Department for Transport contract to build new carriages for the UK's Thameslink.
The Department for Transport awarded the contract for 1, 200 new carriages for the Thameslink line to Siemens.
The decision to build a manufacturing plant was taken after Hitachi Rail Europe won the contract with the Department for Transport (DfT) to replace the ageing fleet of diesel-powered Intercity trains.
But Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said the train contract would not be reviewed or put out to tender again.
The government is due to sign the 13-year contract with FirstGroup on Tuesday, following the Department for Transport's decision earlier this month.
Louise Ellman, who chairs the House of Commons transport committee, has written to Transport Secretary Justine Greening asking her to delay signing the contract.
Other transport improvements, including footway and cycle ways, will be included in the contract.
Jersey's Transport Minister is facing an official complaint over his handling of the bus service contract transfer.
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Transport for London (TfL) announced that IBM had won the next five-year contract to run the system, beating two rival bids including one from Capita.
The minister said that at the heart of the new contract would be a requirement to engage with the local community to help shape and influence the future of cross Forth transport.
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