By the start of the 1930s, the company had decided to concentrate on passenger transport and would continue to grow during the 1930s moving from Beswick to its present headquarters in Clayton.

The company resisted numerous attempts at nationalisation due to a licensing agreement made in 1930 with Manchester Corporation regarding bus service provision.

[4][5][6] The Ashton New Road bus depot was sold to supermarket chain Aldi, which commenced demolition in December 2007.

The bus fleet then briefly operated from the Fairclough Street coach depot, supplemented with temporary parking at the adjacent Manchester Velodrome.

[7][8] The company remains as a coach operator, and was under the ownership of Stephen Mayne until he died in July 2012.