A BUS company is carrying out a £50,000 makeover of its town centre office in Bournemouth.

Yellow Buses is investing the money in the customer service centre, in Avenue Road next to Bournemouth Square.

The centre will close for approximately four weeks while extensive internal work is carried out.

Contractors are due to move on site in the first week of December with the new-look travel centre expected to open in early January.

The variety of services provided at the building, which includes a lost property collection point, will move to Yellow Buses’ head office in Yeomans Way, behind Castlepoint, for the duration of the work.

Customers will still be able to buy tickets for Yellow Buses’ services either through the company’s website, dedicated app or on the bus.

David Squire, the recently appointed managing director of Yellow Buses, said: “Yellow Buses is the only bus operator with a travel shop in Bournemouth town centre.

“The current office is very busy but we expect our new customer-friendly travel centre to be even more popular, particularly during the tourist season.

“The refurbishment is a sizeable investment for us and demonstrates our confidence in the future."

“We’d like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience to our customers while the building work is carried out. However, we’re sure they’ll find our new open-plan Travel Centre a great improvement on the existing office.”

The bus firm, which is now 115 years old, operates a fleet of 140 buses and 16 coaches with more than 410 staff.

The company carries just under 15m passengers a year with its vehicles operating nearly five million miles across Bournemouth, Christchurch, East Dorset and Poole.

Development to the travel centre follows the introduction of a new mini-depot at Poole's Endeavour Business Park last month, which is allowing Yellow Buses to expand its services in the west of the conurbation.