History
The company was founded as a carrier service trading as H G Bugler before World War II, but was suspended when its proprietor, Herbert Bugler, was recalled to the Royal Navy. The company was formally registered in 1947, operating from the family home in Bedminster, but moved to Brislington in 1953. In 1956 Bugler attended an auction intending to buy another lorry, but instead bought a 27 seat coach, resulting in the business expanding into coach hire. The company abandoned the removals side of the business in 1980, and the last van was sold in 1988.
Following the death of Bugler's wife, Frances, in 1984, the business passed to their son, Robert Bugler, who had previously worked as a vehicle bodybuilder at Longwell Green Coachworks. With the introduction of bus deregulation in 1986, the company started to tender for local bus services.
The company was sold to a Bath company, Computer Village Group, in 2007, and the fleet was moved to a new depot in Keynsham. A successful excursion program was developed, which the new owners saw as the way ahead through the difficult financial climate, and the company now runs coach day trips to various destinations around England. Passengers are picked up from a number of locations in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire. The principle operations include a fleet of fully accessible coaches, and in 2009 the company was awarded the UK Bus and Coach Industry's prize for best accessible coach operator.
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