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I'm afraid I don't. All I have is a photo that a friend put on Facebook this morning.
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(01/05/2016 13:19)robertclark125 Wrote:  Anyone know why there's a Preston Bus versa at the Rotherham depot of First South Yorkshire?

Is it plain white or in the prestonbus park and ride livery?
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In the Preston Bus livery. Still has fleetnames as well.
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(01/05/2016 13:19)robertclark125 Wrote:  Anyone know why there's a Preston Bus versa at the Rotherham depot of First South Yorkshire?

Its possible its there for work to be carried out on it. I believe Rotherham carry out work for third parties as well as First.
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Rotala buys Elite minibus
Blackpool Gazette reports that Rotala Preston bus have purchased small Blackpool coach company Elite Minibus. Possible further expansion into the Fylde?[/i]


A fylde coach and minibus company has been snapped up by the company which runs Preston’s buses.

Birmingham-based Rotala has invested £200,000 to buy Elite Minibus and Coach Services.

The firm based in Feltons Yard, Higher Moor Road, Blackpool, has a range of four to 53 seater vehicles and has been established on the Fylde for 28 years.

In a statement to the stock market, Rotala said: “This acquisition will broaden the range of services which Preston Bus is able to offer in this area of Lancashire and add to its geographical reach.”

Last month it raised £2.4m through a share placing to have a fighting fund for new acquisitions.

Rotala has had a turnover in the past couple of years of just over £50m and is aiming to generate revenue approaching £85m following its expansion.


Courtesy of http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk
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RE: Rotala buys Elite minibus
(15/07/2016 19:36)DOG101 Wrote:  Blackpool Gazette reports that Rotala Preston bus have purchased small Blackpool coach company Elite Minibus. Possible further expansion into the Fylde?[/i]


A fylde coach and minibus company has been snapped up by the company which runs Preston’s buses.

Birmingham-based Rotala has invested £200,000 to buy Elite Minibus and Coach Services.

The firm based in Feltons Yard, Higher Moor Road, Blackpool, has a range of four to 53 seater vehicles and has been established on the Fylde for 28 years.

In a statement to the stock market, Rotala said: “This acquisition will broaden the range of services which Preston Bus is able to offer in this area of Lancashire and add to its geographical reach.”

Last month it raised £2.4m through a share placing to have a fighting fund for new acquisitions.

Rotala has had a turnover in the past couple of years of just over £50m and is aiming to generate revenue approaching £85m following its expansion.


Courtesy of http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk

Quite a strange acquirement really. Don't know much about Rotala outside of the North west but do they operate anything coach wise?
It's not as if there buying into a company that has general stage carriage work so will be interesting to see where they go with it.
It's a bit like stagecoach Manchester buying swans travel lol.
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RE: Rotala - Prestonbus
Could possibly be just for the ops discs etc rather than the coaches etc
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(16/07/2016 00:15)motormayhem1 Wrote:  Could possibly be just for the ops discs etc rather than the coaches etc

True but I always thought Preston bus had a pretty large VA anyway but hasn't another Rotala group recently had a forced licence reduction? I'm wondering if its a 'cover all corners' attempt to have an extra ops licence/disks incase of future possible PIs but only time will tell.
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Given that PrestonBus have taken over from Transdev on the Skipton route, they seem to want to be the strong 2nd operator in West Lancs behind Stagecoach.
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Preston Bus already operate six Dennis Tridents on schools work in Blackpool. They rent space from Jacksons coaches, and the vehicles move on a Wednesday and Friday to and from Preston. By owning a depot in Blackpool, and having staff there, they won't need to pay rent, and have no maintainence facilities that they can use.

With regards to the Rotala subsidiary that had a reduction in its VA, that was in the west midlands, and had nothing to do with the North west. And even then, despite the problems in Kidderminster, I think that VA reduction was a long time ago.
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