page_title: HCT Group
section_title: Outside London
hierarchical_section_title: HCT Group / Outside London
caption_attribution_description: English: CT Plus (Yorkshire) bus 40865 (reg. X173 NWR), a 2000 Optare Solo M850 midibus. It's branded for the AccessBus dial-a-ride service provided through the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Metro). It's pictured with its wheelchair ramp deployed, somewhere in Leeds. CT Plus is part of the HCT Group.
context_page_description: HCT Group is a social enterprise providing transport services and community services in Bristol, Guernsey, Jersey, London, and Yorkshire. It was founded in 1982 as Hackney Community Transport in the London Borough of Hackney to provide transport services for local voluntary organisations, charities, and community groups. HCT Group is registered as a company limited by guarantee. The company is also a registered charity.
  Founded in 1982, the HCT Group has a fleet of 500 vehicles and a turnover of £43.7m and employs over 700 people. In June 2011 it reinvested 37% of annual profits into local community services, its best performance to date. Its former chief executive, Dai Powell, joined the social enterprise as a bus cleaner.
context_section_description: HCT also operates a number of community and mainstream bus services outside London.
caption: AccessBus in Leeds
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