(18 Aug 2023, 9:10 pm)Storx wrote Arriva Northumbria: £14.14
Arriva Darlington: £12.02
Stagecoach Sunderland: £13.57
Stagecoach Newcastle: £13.69
Stagecoach Stockton: £13.49

Both with a PCV Licence according to job adverts. Caveat with Stagecoach is they should be due another increase very soon depending on whether it goes a year from the strikes starting or the strikes ending. Newcastle's should be soon regardless, if I'm right.

There could be problems at Darlington, mind, they're massively behind elsewhere.

The thing is with Darlington there are no depots near by really for drivers to move to if they live locally well afaik, the nearest one is probably middlesbrough, where as Stagecoach/GNE Sunderland have each other to jump between, same with Newcastle.