As part of the privatisation of the National Bus Company, PMT Limited[2] was created on 12 December 1986 when it was purchased by its management and employees.

Expansion came quickly for PMT, and it had commenced operations outside its traditional North Staffordshire area a little over six weeks prior to purchase from NBC.

On 25 October 1986, the day bus services in the UK were deregulated, a small outstation was established in the neighbouring town of Crewe.

On 6 February 1990, PMT purchased the Wirral, Ellesmere Port and Chester operations of Crosville Motor Services from the Drawlane Group.

Despite this, several variations were introduced to suit individual routes – Silverdale Shuttle and Bradwell Shuttle, which saw the red replaced with blue; Hospitalslink, a scheme used exclusively on a handful of minibuses and which was green-based; and Birches Head Townabout, again a minibus operation and which received a yellow and orange livery.

Additionally, a pair of minibuses gained a purple and white and then yellow and black variant to promote the Ball Green to Tunstall service.

For the 2016 open day at Adderley Green Garage two further Wright Gemini double decker buses were repainted, one of which is in the old style red and cream PMT livery.

The Staffordshire area operations are now part of First Midlands (which consists of First Leicester and First Wyvern) with its group office at Adderley Green, Stoke-on-Trent.