Acklams Coaches was initially founded by Bernard Acklam as Alpha Taxis in 1952, operating six to eight taxis around the Beverley area. The company would expand in the late 1960s to provide private hire minibus services following Bernard's son Paul joining the business. 

 

From the late 90's Acklams began expanding their fleet by acquiring second-hand coaches, and from 2000 onwards, began purchasing new coaches every year. Acklams subsequently expanded into providing event transport and coach tours, operating over 250 "door to door" coach holidays across the United Kingdom and Europe by 2019, and would acquire the operations of Kingston upon Hull-based Jim Bell Coaches in 2016 and Driffield-based BusKing in 2019. 

 

Acklams Coaches operates a wide variety of coaches for a range of work, including shorter school services, sports team coaches and multi-day excursions across continental Europe. A large amount of the coaching fleet consists of Plaxton-bodied coaches on Volvo chassis, including three "interdeck" Plaxton Elite is, a number of conventional Elites and a Plaxton Panorama. Most Acklams coaches are painted white, however some from the 'Elite Travel' executive fleet are painted black with silver fleetnames, the name originating from the aforementioned Plaxton coach. 

 

The company also operates a small fleet of new and second-hand single and double-deck buses, with buses purchased new including Alexander Dennis Enviro400s, an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC for Bridlington bus services, and an Optare Solo SR.