(13 Oct 2014, 6:29 pm)aureolin wrote I may be a bit behind here, had thought the Solos were to be Nexus branded? If so, Nexus used to stipulated against the use of exterior advertising.
They carry Nexus 'battleship grey' base livery, but do not have any Nexus logos - or at least the two I have seen today (on 73 and 558) haven't. In place of the logos are rather large obstructive advertisements, of varying colours and sizes, which aren't placed in advertisement boards/holders as you see on normal buses.
I hadn't realised that Nexus used to stipulate against the use of exterior advertising, though it would make sense, given that neither Arriva nor Go North East's "Nexus" branded Optare Solos have advertisements (despite the former's actually having advertisement boards).