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First Optare's for Smith & Sons

Mistral Group (UK) Plc (0800 781 4144) have supplied Smith & Sons Coaches of Coupar Angus, Perthshire with 3 new Optare Versa low floor midibuses for use on the Perth Park & Ride.

The ...Full story

Moffatt & Williamson take first Optare Versa

Mistral Group (UK) Plc (0800 781 4144) have supplied Moffat & Williamson of Newport on Tay with their first Optare Versa low floor Midibus, this adds to there existing Optare Solo's currently in thei...Full story

New Solo for H.D. Hutchinson

Mistral Group (UK) Plc (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied the latest addition to the fleet of HD Hutchinson of Buckley in Flintshire.

This 7.1m SE Optare Solo is fitted with 23 seats,...Full story

7.8m SE Solos for LMS Travel

LMS Travel of Worcester reently took deliery of 2 Optare 7.8m SE Solos from the Mistral Group.

The vehicles were fitted with 27 seats, mobitec destination equipment and finished in LMS di...Full story

More Solo for A1A Travel

Mistral Group (UK) Plc (0800 781 4144) have supplied A1A Travel with two new Solos.

These are the latest additions to the A1A fleet. The vehicles are being run on various routes in the Bi...Full story

New Solos for Stephenson's of Essex

Mistral Group UK Plc (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied Stephensons of Essex with two new 8.8m slimline Solo’s.

The vehicles are fitted with Euro 5 Mercedes engines ...Full story

10.2m Solo for Secure Airparks

Mistral Group UK Plc (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied Secure Airparks of Edinburgh with another Optare Solo for there airport parking operation.

The vehicle is the longest of the S...Full story

New Solos for Fleetbuzz

Mistral Group UK Plc (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied two new 8.8m Optare Solos to Fleetbuzz in Hampshire.

The Solos were fitted with MAN engines and Mobitec electr...Full story

TJ Walsh - The Halifax Bus Company

Mistral Group Uk Plc (0800 781 4144) have supplied 2 new Optare Solos to Halifax based TJ Walsh The Halifax Bus Co.

The specification is 7.1m SE solo Mercedes powered with dig...Full story

New Buses for Konectbus

Mistral Group UK Plc (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied Konectbus with 2 new Optare 11.1m Versa's and a 12m Tempo.

The Versa's are fitted with MAN engines whilst...Full story

NIBS Coaches take new 8.8m Solo

Mistral Group UK Plc (0800 781 4144) have supplied NIBS Coaches of Essex with a new Optare 8.8m slimline Solo, fitted with an MAN engine and Mobitec Digital Destination Equipment. The vehicle has been fi...Full story

Thomas of Rhondda take new Solo

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Thomas of Rhondda with this 28 seat Optare Solo slimline bus for its 902 rail-link service.

The vehicle is fitted with an MAN engine...Full story

Centrebus take 2 New Solos

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Centrebus with two additional Optare Solos for its network of local bus services in Stevenage and North Hertfordshire, following the award of a 5 year contract by Hertford...Full story

2 New Solos for Nefyn Coaches

Pictured here is the latest adition to the fleet of Nefyn Coaches. this is one of two new Optare Solos supplied by Mistral.

The vehicles are 8.8m slim line Solo, 28 seat buses fitted with MAN e...Full story

Plaxton Centro's for Alton Towers

Mistral Group (UK) Plc (0800 781 4144) supply Alton Towers with Plaxton Centro.

Pictured here is the latest delivery to the fleet of Alton Towers, a Plaxton Centro fitted with a Volvo engi...Full story

2 New 10.2m Solos for E&M Horsburgh

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied E&M Horsburgh with two new Optare 10.2m Solo’s, one off which is fitted with 33 seat belted seats with 2 additional tip-...Full story

Anthony's Coaches take New 8.8m Solo

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied a new Optare 8.8m slim-line Solo to Father and Son team, Tony and Richard Bamber of Anthony's Travel of Runcorn.

The vehicle is fitted with 28...Full story

5th Solo for Woods Coaches

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Woods Coaches of Wigston (Leicester) with a new Optare 8.8m slim-line Solo fitted with 28 seats, MAN Engine and Mobitec Destination Equipment. ...Full story

Red Kite take New 9.5m Solo

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) are pleased to supply Red Kite at Leighton Buzzard with a new, seat belted 9.5m Slimline Solo. The vehicle is fitted with Mobitec destination equipment and powere...Full story

Far East Travel take New 9.5m Solo

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Far East Travel of Ipswich with a new 9.5m Solo, the vehicle is fitted with Mobitec destination equipment and Rescroft Defender belted seats.

F...Full story

New Versa's for Anglian Coaches

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied Anglian Coaches of Beccles, Suffolk with 2 new Optare Versa buses.

Anglian have chosen the Versa as it compliments their existi...Full story

Mistral strengthens in Scotland

Bus sales and rental specialist, Mistral Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of James Kay as Regional Sales Manager – Scotland. James joins Mistral from Optare, where he has w...Full story

Henley of Abertillery

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied the latest addition to the Henleys of Abertillery fleet, an 8.5m Optare Solo with Mercedes Benz Engine, Mobitec Electronic Destination equipment and a luggage pen.Full story

New 7.8m SE Solo's for Roberts Coaches

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Roberts Coaches of Hugglescote, Leicester with an additional 2 Optare 7.8m Solo SE buses fitted with Mercedes engines and Mobitec electronic destina...Full story

New Rental for Clarkes Minicoaches
Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied a new 7.1SE Solo to Clarkes Minibuses of Tenterden, Kent.
The vehicle is fitted with a Mercedes engine and Mobitec electronic destination equipment.
...Full story

New 9.5m Slim-Line Solo's for Perryman's Buses

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied Perryman's Buses with 2 new Optare 9.5m slim-line Solos.

Both vehicles are fitted with seat-belted seats, 7-Camera LOOK CCTV systems w...Full story

2 New 7.1m Solo SE for Stotts of Huddersfield

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied two SlimLine Optare Solo 7.1SE to E.Stott & Sons Ltd of Huddersfield. Each bus has 23 seats, Mobitec destination equipment, and LOOK CC...Full story

5 New Solos for Tyrerbus

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied 5 new Optare Solo service buses to Nelson based Tyrerbus.

The five 8.8m MAN powered Slimline Solo have been purchased to operate on commercial...Full story

7.1m SE Solo for Star Travel

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Star Travel of Aylesbury with their first Solo.

The 7.1SE Solo is for a new contract won for Aylesbury. It is fitted wi...Full story

Easyways take delivery of 2 new 7.8m SE Solo's

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Easyway Travel of Bridgend with 2 7.8m SE Solos. One was fitted with 27 seats whilst the other had 23 belted seats fitted and a tachograph. They both have Mob...Full story

Optare & Mistral create new force in UK Bus sales

Independent bus maker Optare and bus rental and retail specialists Mistral have reached agreement to create a new force in UK bus sales.

With effect from January 2008 the trading relation...Full story

New Sales Administrator at Mistral

Beverley Dobson has joined Mistral as Sales Adminstrator

Bev’s new role will be controlling the rental fleet and assisting in the implementation of our new computer system amongst other thing...Full story

Andy McKeiver joins Mistal

Mistral have added to their team with the arrival of Andy McKeiver as After Sales Manager.

Andy’s new role will entail visits to Customers, handover of new vehicles, interim and final inspect...Full story

Flagfinder Coaches - 8.8m Solo

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Flagfinders of Braintree with a new 8.8m MAN powered Solo for their free bus service linking a local housing estate with both Braintree Town Centre and F...Full story

New Solo for Lloyds Coaches

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Lloyds Coaches of Machynlleth with an 8.8m Optare Solo.

The vehicle is being run on the X85 route from Machynlleth on Monday to Sat...Full story

G & J Holmes - 7.8m Solo SE

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have recently supplied G & J Holmes of Clay Cross, Derbyshire with a new 7.8m Optare Solo SE.

The vehicle has joined a further 3 Solo's operating o...Full story

ACE Travel takes New Solo

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied ACE Travel of Aintree with the first of two Optare Solos for the 245/246/247 Maghull Circular routes.

The vehicle is fitted with 33 seats, Mob...Full story

New Versa for Discover Dorset

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) has supplied Discover Dorset with it’s first Optare Versa. The 11m 29 seat vehicle will run the new Airport Shuttle service for Bournemouth Airport.

Tim Sanders...Full story

Anglian Coaches - 8 New Solos

Mistral Group based in Knutsford, Cheshire have recently supplied 8 new Optare Solo buses to Anglian Coaches in Beccles, Suffolk; with a further 2 to follow later this year.

Anglian have developed over t...Full story

Procters Coaches take New Solo's

Procters Coaches of Bedale in North Yorkshire have recently taken delivery of 3 new 8.8m and 1 new 7.1m SE Optare Solo buses, for use in their Dales and District bus operation. The vehicles are the latest in a succ...Full story

Secure Airparks - New 10.2m Solo

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Secure Airparks with a purpose built 10.2m Solo on Rental.

Based adjacent to Edinburgh Airport, Secure Airparks are well placed to offer a pre...Full story

Roberts Coaches - New 7.8m Solo

Mistral Group have supplied Roberts Coaches of Hugglescote, Leicestershire with a 7.8m SE Optare Solo.

The vehicle is fitted with 27 seats, electronic destination equipment ...Full story

M & H Coaches - New MAN Solo

Mistral group recently supplied M & H Coaches in Denbighshire with a new 9.5m Optare Solo from Mistral.

The vehicle was fitted with 33 seats, electronic digital destination display and th...Full story

Arrowebrook Coaches - New 8.8m Solo

Mistral Group have supplied Arrowebrook Coaches of Croughton with a new 8.8m Optare Solo.

The bus is fitted with 25 seat-belted and 2 tip-ups, electronic destination d...Full story

New Solo for Perrymans

Perryman’s Travel of Berwick upon Tweed have continued their planned fleet upgrade programme with the purchase of a further 9.9m Optare Solo from Mistral Group.

The vehicle was specifie...Full story

TM Travel - New Solo for Tesco

TM Travel from Chesterfield have continued their fleet upgrade policy with the purchase of this 9.2m Optare Solo from Mistral Group.

TM Travel are rapidly becoming one of the largest independe...Full story

New Solo for ZeeBus

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) are pleased to supply Zeebus who are a new operator in the Canterbury area with their first ever new vehicle to the fleet. Their current fleet are all MCW Metro Riders...Full story

Macpherson Coaches take delivery of 1st Solo

Mistral Group have supplied Donnisthorpe based McPherson Coaches with their first Solo bus to replace an existing Mercedes based minibus for use on local service.

Neil McPhers...Full story

New Solos for Centrebus

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) has been successful in supplying a number of vehicles to Leicester and Dunstable based Centrebus.

Steve Low Mistral’s Operations Dir...Full story

City Clipper - 5 Plaxton Primos

Southampton is set to benefit from a new highly innovative project that is going live on Monday 23^rd April. The 5 vehicle project is the brainchild of Nick Farthing, a Southa...Full story

Judges Minicoaches take delivery of 2 Platon Primos

Mistral Group have recently supplied Corby based Judge’s Minicoaches with 2 new Plaxton Primo’s for the start of a new Council supported contract.
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Stephensons take FOUR new Solo's

Mistral Group have supplied Stephenson’s with FOUR new low floor 7.8m Optare Solo’s to launch their new services.

Stephenson’s of Essex in conjunction with Essex County...Full story

Leven Valley adds more Solo's to his fleet

Mistral Group has supplied Leven Valley with 2 more Solo’s this year to add to their fleet.

Leven Valley’s owner Paul Thompson runs an admirable fleet of minibuses in t...Full story

New Solo's for Northern Blue

Mistral Group has supplied Burnley based Northern Blue with 2 Optare 7.8 Solo SE’s for their new Clitheroe town services.

Steve Low Operations Director said "This is...Full story

More Solos for Ace Travel

Mistral has supplied Ace Travel of Liverpool with 3 Optare 9.2m Solo’s bringing their fleet of Solos up to 6.

Steve Low Operations Director for Mistral said ‘This is the seco...Full story

Silcox Coaches purchase 2 9.5m Solo

Mistral Group has supplied Silcox of Pembrokeshire with 2 Optare 9.5m Solo’s.

Steve Low Operations Director for Mistral said ‘We have dealt with the Silcox family for many ye...Full story

Mistral Orders 110 Optare Solo for 2007

Bus rental and sales specialist, Mistral Group, have placed their largest ever order with Leeds based bus manufacturer Optare.

The ord...Full story

Jill Blake joins Mistral Group

Mistral Group is delighted to welcome Jill Blake as the latest member in it's ever expanding Sales team. Jill will take charge of the South East region reporting to the Operations Director Steve Low.Full story

Redline Bus & Coach take new Primo

Redline are the latest operator of Plaxton's new Primo Bus. At only 7.8m long yet with a generous 28 seats and 16 standees, Mr Wali Khan considered the vehicle ideal to operate the Bucks CC Rider Scheme in and aroun...Full story

Paul S Winson Coaches take delivery of Plaxton Primo

Paul S Winson has bought a Plaxton Primo for its 120 route (Loughborough - Leicester).

The 28 - seater, finished in the operators colours has electronic destination equipment, front and rear marker lights, radi...Full story

Perrymans purchase new 9.2m Optare Solo

This vehicle will mainly be running on our 253 route Berwick upon Tweed to Edinburgh. It joins a fleet of 32 vehicles of which 7 are Optare Solo's. We decided to use Mistral again because of their excellent service bo...Full story

Jacksons of Silsden purchase new 7.8m Solo

Jacksons of Silsden purchase new 7.8m Solo.

For more information call us now on 0870 241 5786....Full story

Rick Betton joins Mistral Group

Bus sales and rental specialist, Mistral Group, can today announce the latest addition to its sales team, Rick Betton.

Rick is an experienced and well known personality to many operators in the Midlands and W...Full story

Munro's of Jedburgh purchase Plaxton Primos

Munro's of Jedburgh purchase 2 Plaxton Primo's for their 308 and 328 services between Musselburgh and Dalkeith taking in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary en-route.

For more information call us now on 0870 241 5786 o...Full story

Moffat and Williamson purchased 2 new Slimline Optare Solo

Moffat and Williamson purchased 2 new Slimline Optare Solo from Mistral Group for its No. 5 service between Glenrothes, Markinch and Rimbleton. The buses were purchased in a partnership deal with Fife Council and Sest...Full story

Hulleys of Baslow take delivery of their New 8.8m Solo

Hulleys of Baslow take delivery of their New 8.8m Solo.

For more information call us now on 0870 241 5786 or click here to contact us....Full story

Tim Matthews

Tim Matthews - after 5 years service with Mistral, Tim has now been promoted to the post of Regional Director. Tim will continue the excellent work promoting the Mistral brand in the North of England and Scotland.

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Steve Porter joins Mistral

Steve Porter joins Mistral as Customer Services Manager from Optare Group where he was previously responsible for the development of the retail arm of their bus and coach repair workshops. Steve has over 10 years of v...Full story

Parking Specialist Britannia takes four Solo from Mistral

Bournemouth based car parking specialist, Britannia Parking Ltd. has recently taken four new 8.5m Optare Solo service buses for use on an innovative staff transport scheme in its home town. ...Full story

Classic won the contract to operate the motorbus

Classic won the contract to operate the motorbus shuttle service from Gateshead Metro Interchange (bus, taxi and Rapid Light Rail Transit) to The Baltic and the Sage prior to the start of the "Quayside Transit" projec...Full story

Mistral signs deal to supply Plaxton Buses

Bus sales and rental specialist, Mistral Group (UK) plc based in Knutsford, Cheshire has reached agreement with Plaxton Limited to act as a distributor for its new range of 'Super Low Floor' DDA compliant vehicles, ba...Full story

Mistral in Primo Position

Announcing the launch of the new Primo bus, Plaxton's Chairman Brian Davidson, also confirmed that the first 25 vehicles have been ordered by Mistral Group for distribution via its sale and rental business.

M...Full story