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:''For the aquatic plant, see Rotala (plant)'' Rotala plc〔(Companies House extract company no 5338907 ) Rotala plc〕 is an Alternative Investment Market listed company, which owns a number of bus operators in England. ==History== In March 2005 Rotala was listed on the Alternative Investment Market. In August 2005 it agreed on terms to purchase Flights Hallmark.〔(Propsoed Acquisition of Flights Hallmark Limited ) Rotala 29 August 2005〕 In October 2006 the business of Zak's Buses, Birmingham was purchased〔(Acquisition of Zak's Bus and Coach Services Limited ) Rotala 20 October 2006〕 and rebranded Central Connect followed in December 2006 by 20 bus Birmingham Motor Traction.〔(Acquisition ) Rotala 27 December 2006〕 In June 2007 21 bus Ludlow's of Halesowen was purchased〔(Placing & Acquisitions ) Rotala 18 June 2007〕〔(Acquisition of Ludlows of Halesowen Limited ) Rotala 21 June 2007〕 followed in July 2007 by 26 bus North Birmingham Busways of Erdington.〔(Trading Update/Acquisition ) Rotala 30 July 2007〕 In April 2007 Flights Hallmark commenced operating services in Bristol under the Wessex Connect brand after winning the contract to provide two Bristol City Council park and ride services and in June 2007 purchased the bus routes of South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach with 68 buses.〔(History ) Rotala〕〔(About Wessex ) Rotala〕〔(Rotala buys in the West Midlands & South West ) ''Transit'' 29 June 2007 page 7〕 In March 2008, the Go West Midlands business was purchased.〔(Disposal of Go West Midlands ) Go-Ahead Group 3 March 2008〕 At this stage Rotala merged all its Birmingham based operations under the Diamond Bus brand. In January 2011, Preston Bus was purchased from Stagecoach.〔(Acquisition ) Rotala 25 January 2011〕〔(Rotala buys Preston Bus for £3.2million ) ''busandcoach.com'' 25 January 2011〕 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.〔(Acquisition in Worcestershire ) Rotala 24 January 2013〕〔(Rotala snaps up FirstGroup's bus operations in Worcestershire for £1.5 million ) ''The Bus People'' 24 January 2013〕〔(First sells Worcester bus services ) ''Worcester News'' 25 January 2013〕 In March 2015, Rotala acquired South Lancs Travel from D&G Bus and Julian Peddle and rebranded it Diamond Bus North West.〔(Rotala buys South Lancs ) ''Bus & Coach Buyer'' 4 March 2015〕〔"Rotala buys South Lancs Travel" ''Coach & Bus Week'' issue 1178 3 March 2015 page 7〕〔(Diamond Bus North West Limited ) Rotala〕 In June 2015, the 17 vehicle Wings Luxury Travel operation in London was purchased and integrated with Rotala's existing Heathrow operation.〔(Rotala acquires Wings ) ''Bus & Coach Buyer'' 3 June 2015〕 In December 2015, Rotala purchased the Heathrow based operations of OFJ Connections.〔(Rotala to buy part of OFJ ) ''RouteOne'' 25 November 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rotala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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