(19 Apr 2014, 8:51 am)AdamY wrote It's the company's decision at the end of the day. It really doesn't bother me in the slightest and I have my doubts whether most members of the public either: a) notice; or b) care; although I accept that there might be a few that do.

It doesn't bother me in the slightest either, but the fact that drivers who volunteered to bring buses along had to come in uniform (the same applying to Arriva drivers too) suggests to me that more senior members of staff of both companies did care. All I can think is that it relates to the representation/image of the company, especially when photographs of these buses (with drivers shown in-shot) were going to appear online and can easily be found on Google.