Rotala is acquiring Midland Classic, the principal bus operator in Burton-upon-Trent. Midland operates 60 vehicles from its freehold depot in Burton-upon-Trent and employs approximately 110 staff, who will join the Rotala Group as part of the acquisition. The operator provides bus services to towns such as Uttoxeter, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Lichfield. This latest move represents an […]
Joint Administrators of Bournemouth Transport Ltd (trading as Yellow Buses) announced that it has not been possible to secure a buyer for its bus operations. Its operations will cease tonight (4 August 2022). Despite not being able to save the bus side of the business, National Express has agreed to buy the coach operations. One […]
National Express is in final discussions with joint administrators, Simon Rowe and Rachel Hotham of Milsted Langdon to purchase the coach and engineering operations of Bournemouth Travel, which trades as Yellow Buses. The agreement is expected to be signed on Friday (5 August 2022). It will not be purchasing the bus business (Yellow Buses), which […]
Go-Ahead-owned Morebus is stepping in to help plug the gaps to be left by Yellow Buses. Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses is to cease trading tonight (4 August 2022). “We are sad to learn that Yellow Buses will soon cease trading, and we understand the impact this will have on those who rely on its services in […]
HCT Group is seeking to return all its services operated by its subsidiaries in Yorkshire to the region’s commissioners. The subsidiaries include CT Plus Yorkshire and Powell’s Bus. “The move follows a period where we have faced multiple challenges” – HCT Group A statement from HCT Group said: “The move follows a period where we […]
UK Coach Operator Association (UKCOA) member Readybus has stepped into the breach as a planned rail strike threatens to hinder visitors’ access to Imber on the annual Imberbus running day on Saturday 20 August. Operating since 2009, Imberbus has grown from just five Routemaster buses running from Warminster to Imber, to an annual event linking […]
Beccles-based Lamberts Coaches has gone into liquidation. The private hire and home-to-school service provider is in its 110th year this year. Director, Lorraine Reade, told Bus and Coach Buyer: “The decision to close was an extremely hard one, but there were many reasons. Lack of Government support during Covid, national lack of coach drivers, and the […]
A local newspaper has reported the loss of Eddie Harker, founder and co-owner of Harker’s Coaches, based in Tudor Road, South Shields. The firm has traded for more than 50 years, and is now run by his son, Jason, who joined the family business back in 1986. Eddie set the company up after a spell […]