HI-TECH buses that were owned by a company that went bust earlier this summer are up for auction - but are struggling to meet their reserve price.

Wrexham-based GHA Coaches provided a number of services throughout Cheshire and ceased trading on Wednesday, July 13.

One of the routes affected by the closure of the firm included the Connect 88 service between Wilmslow and Knutsford, Mobberley and Altrincham.

In October 2014 the firm rebranded the route, investing in four Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 buses to cover the route, with leather seats, tables and free WiFi, and super-low level entry for easy access.

At the time of the announcement of the new buses, GHA Coaches told the Guardian that the improved service, rebranded 'GHA Gold', aimed to appeal to commuters seeking an alternative to making the journey by car and those travelling on via Metrolink to Manchester city centre and beyond.

But following the company going bust, those four buses have been put up for auction by a finance company.

The auction will take place at AMS Auctions in Gloucester, with the final date for online bids being 12pm on August 31.

Currently the four buses have each attracted bids of £30,000 but they have not met the reserve price set by the finance company, which is not named on the auction brochure.

The buses all have approximately 120,000 miles on the clock and seat 35 people with 33 standing.

It is not known what the reserve price is for the vehicles.

The auction house is also selling off the remainder of the GHA stock, with some buses currently attracting bids of just £4,000 - however, one of those has more than 670,000 miles on the clock.

Also in the auction are four 2015 built buses that were introduced in Congleton that year and branded as the 'Beartown Bus' - with bids currently at £40,000 for those, which are the same model as the former 88 Knutsford to Wilmslow buses.