(30 Jun 2015, 12:39 pm)BUSFAN wrote i dont know anything about the Company but i would say they must have tours and contract work to keep them going and have seen some quite new Coaches so i guess they must some decent work and this is just my view but i would think losing the school runs maybe a good thing as that type of work is hard on the Coach/Bus due to vandalism i bet a lot of firms would love just to do private tours and if possible OAPs as no bother at all any way thats just my view

I believe that the vehicles used for the school contracts are not the luxury coaches used for private hire.

There may have been some overlap between school runs and scheduled services - which are 'infrequent' throughout the day.

AFAIK they still have their scheduled services from Hexham to Colwell, Whittonstall, Bellingham and Kielder and Otterburn to Bellingham, Ponteland and Newcastle:-
http://www.howardsnaith.co.uk/timetables.html