| 词条 | Rotala |
| 释义 |
|name = Rotala plc |logo = RotalaLogo.svg |type = Public |traded_as = {{LSE|ROL}} |foundation = March 2005 |location_city = Birmingham, England |key_people ={{nowrap|John Gunn (Chairman) Simon Dunn (CEO)}} |industry = Bus & coach services |revenue = {{gain}} £55 million (2016)[1] |operating_income = {{gain}} £2.68 million (2016)[1] |homepage = {{URL|http://www.rotalaplc.com/}}}} For the aquatic plant, see Rotala (plant) Rotala plc[2] {{LSE|ROL}} is an Alternative Investment Market listed company, established in 2005, which owns a number of bus operators in England. HistoryIn March 2005, Rotala was listed on the Alternative Investment Market. In August 2005 it agreed on terms to purchase Flights Hallmark.[3] In October 2006, the business of Zak's Buses, Birmingham was purchased[4] and rebranded Central Connect; this was followed in December 2006 by Birmingham Motor Traction (20 vehicles).[5] In June 2007 Ludlow's of Halesowen (21 vehicles) was purchased[6][7] followed in July 2007 by North Birmingham Busways (26 vehicles) of Erdington.[8] In April 2007, Flights Hallmark commenced operating services in Bristol under the Wessex Connect brand after winning the contract to provide two Bristol park and ride services, and in June 2007 purchased the bus routes of South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach with 68 buses.[9][10][11] In March 2008, the Go West Midlands business was purchased.[12] At this stage Rotala merged all its Birmingham based operations under the Diamond Bus brand. In January 2011, Preston Bus was purchased from Stagecoach.[13][14] In January 2013, Rotala purchased depots in Kidderminster and Redditch from First Midland Red with 36 buses. These were integrated into the Diamond Bus operation.[15][16][17] In March 2015, Rotala acquired South Lancs Travel from D&G Bus and Julian Peddle and rebranded it Diamond Bus North West.[18][19][20] In June 2015, the 17 vehicle Wings Luxury Travel operation in London was purchased and integrated with Rotala's existing Heathrow operation.[21] In December 2015, Rotala purchased the Heathrow-based operations of OFJ Connections.[22] In July 2017, Hanson's Local Buses in Birmingham was purchased followed in August 2017 by the route service business of Go-Goodwins in Manchester and the Hotel Hoppa business from National Express in October 2017.[23][24][25][26] In February 2018, Central Buses in Birmingham was purchased and integrated into Diamond Bus.[27][28] Wessex Bus ceased operations on 1 September 2018, with eight services and nine vehicles taken over by Stagecoach West.[29][30] Former operationsRotala's first acquisition was Surrey Connect in 2005, when Centra decided to sell its Addlestone operation. The business was purchased by Flights Hallmark. Surrey Connect developed and continued to grow and won contracts for a number of Surrey County Council tendered routes. Rotala sold the company in June 2007 to Wiltax. References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.rotalaplc.com/media/financial-highlights.html| title= Royals Inc. 2016}} 2. ^Companies House extract company no 5338907 Rotala plc 3. ^Proposed Acquisition of Flights Hallmark Limited Rotala 29 August 2005 4. ^Acquisition of Zak's Bus and Coach Services Limited Rotala 20 October 2006 5. ^Acquisition Rotala 27 December 2006 6. ^Placing & Acquisitions Rotala 18 June 2007 7. ^Acquisition of Ludlows of Halesowen Limited Rotala 21 June 2007 8. ^Trading Update/Acquisition Rotala 30 July 2007 9. ^History {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.rotalaplc.com/about/History_6.html |date=21 September 2013 }} Rotala 10. ^About Wessex Rotala 11. ^[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:2hck9PXbUzUJ:www.tbus.org.uk/transit_314.pdf+&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESil6uyiY2SnPVBXSUMc3GrazT8ZdfT7cq46-6wTpIXXjAdQoclyFv6TIRV8nRgNPkIg3d1Fy5b-xPfhrXRUN2NCDJZPO3NSZUjs1jH9A58fJtDVl76re-mON0U5jjEexN8qXYkA&sig=AHIEtbQTqp1C_mlMKHbB3VacmjY0L5QcWA Rotala buys in the West Midlands & South West] Transit 29 June 2007 page 7 12. ^Disposal of Go West Midlands Go-Ahead Group 3 March 2008 13. ^Acquisition Rotala 25 January 2011 14. ^Rotala buys Preston Bus for £3.2million Bus & Coach Professional 25 January 2011 15. ^Acquisition in Worcestershire Rotala 24 January 2013 16. ^Rotala snaps up FirstGroup's bus operations in Worcestershire for £1.5 million {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927134403/http://thebuspeople.co.uk/?p=1782 |date=27 September 2013 }} The Bus People 24 January 2013 17. ^First sells Worcester bus services Worcester News 25 January 2013 18. ^Rotala buys South Lancs Bus & Coach Buyer 4 March 2015 19. ^"Rotala buys South Lancs Travel" Coach & Bus Week issue 1178 3 March 2015 page 7 20. ^Diamond Bus North West Limited {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508092405/http://www.rotalaplc.com/company/DiamondBusNorthWestLimited_12.html |date=8 May 2015 }} Rotala 21. ^Rotala acquires Wings Bus & Coach Buyer 3 June 2015 22. ^Rotala to buy part of OFJ RouteOne 25 November 2015 23. ^Change of Ownership for Hanson's Local Buses Hanson's Local Buses 24. ^Rotala plc purchases Hanosn's Local Bus Diamond Buses 28 July 2017 25. ^[https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/2017/08/29/rotala-buys-another-bus-business/ Rotala buys another bus business] Express & Star 29 August 2017 26. ^Rotala buys Hotel Hoppa Route One 17 October 2017 27. ^[https://cbwmagazine.com/rotala-buys-central-buses/ Rotala buys Central Buses] Coach & Bus Week 2 February 2018 28. ^Rotala buys Central Buses for £1.95 million Route One 2 February 2018 29. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20180721030647/http://www.wessexbus.com/news/ImportantChangesforWessexBus_694.html Important Changes for Wessex Bus] Wessex Bus 20 July 2018 30. ^[https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/wessex-bus-close-services-42-1806005 Wessex bus to close and services 42, 12 and 51 cancelled in Bristol and Bath] Bristol Post 20 July 2018 External links
5 : Bus groups in the United Kingdom|Companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market|Rotala|Transport companies established in 2005|2005 establishments in the United Kingdom |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。