[2][3] The purchase included 68 buses and was completed in stages until 31 March 2008, this being dictated by the need for Bristol City and South Gloucestershire councils to approve the transfer of the routes.

The move allowed Wessex to set up a new regional head office for the South West operations, where all the maintenance requirements could be met.

The previous depot, which was owned by South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach, was operating at near full capacity following the growth of both businesses.

[7][8][9] A major contract included with the purchase of South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach was the University of the West of England (UWE) Student Shuttle services.

The U prefix to the route numbers was replaced by a '1' (e.g. U1 became 11) to make the network appeal to the ordinary travelling public as well as students.