Ensign participate in the operation of Arriva's Sightseeing operation. for instance, out of the batch of 10 new open top B7TLs low floor d/d buses, two [painted in red] are owned and operated by Ensign. In general, if you see a bus in all over red- it belongs - and opeated by Ensign, and if you see a bus in arriva scheme of white and red- it belongs to and operated by an arriva employee.
the service is controlled by arriva route controllers.