Arriva were indeed the dealer for VDL, Temsa and Van Hool until they closed it down a few years back.

Made more business sense sending the demo / dealer Temsa Avenues to Arriva North East rather then them sitting rotting away in a field for many years hoping someone might buy them out of desperate need. Plus they needed an area to try out the Temsas to see if it was worthwile buying more for use elsewhere in the UK, and as you well know, considering the Temsa Avenues at Redcar are the only ones in the UK, they weren't considered a success. Therefore Arriva stuck with the tried and tested VDL SB200 before switching to the Wright Streetlite.