Dartline Coaches to be purchased by Go-Ahead Group
The Go-Ahead Group has agreed to purchase Clyst St Mary-based coach and bus operator Dartline Coaches. The deal will see 118 employees and 84...
First Bus subsidiary Aircoach purchases Airporter
First Bus via its Dublin-based Aircoach subsidiary has acquired Londonderry operator Airporter. The deal includes Airporter’s base and all its drivers and operational staff,...
Go-Ahead sale to Kinetic and Globalvia completes
Sale of the Go-Ahead Group to a consortium made up of Australasian bus operator Kinetic Group (51%) and transport concession manager Globalvia Inversiones (49%) completed...
McGill’s promises ‘rejuvenation’ of former First business
Plans for investment at the former First Scotland East operation that is now part of McGill’s Group have been underlined by its new owners,...
Kelsian Group buys HCT’s Channel Islands operations
Kelsian Group, parent of Tower Transit, has purchased the Channel Islands operations of HCT Group. The deal captures LibertyBus on Jersey and CT Plus...
McGill’s to purchase First Scotland East operation
McGill's Bus Group has reached agreement with First Bus to purchase its Scotland East business. The deal will complete on 19 September and involves...
Shuttle Buses sold to employee ownership trust
Ayrshire’s largest independent coach and bus operator Shuttle Buses has been sold to an employee ownership trust. The deal has resulted in the operator's...
Stagecoach completes purchase of HCT Group TfL work
Stagecoach has completed the purchase of the HCT Group red bus operations that the social enterprise carried out on behalf of Transport for London...
HCT Group in talks with Stagecoach over London routes
HCT Group is at an advanced stage of talks over the sale of its London bus business to Stagecoach as the scale of the...
Investor REL bullish about coach industry growth plans
Investment company REL Capital and the associated REL Investment Management business expect to operate 120 coaches in London and the Home Counties by the...
Globe Holidays receives Finance Yorkshire investment
Globe Holidays of Barnsley has received a £180,000 investment from Finance Yorkshire. It will support the purchase of new vehicles and on-board ticketing technology...
