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Bus firms help out NHS travel staff By Chris Peat -

Bus firms help out NHS travel staff

NHS staff will receive free travel throughout Wales as part of a deal which will see struggling bus operators get help from the...

Your mental health By Chris Peat -

Your mental health

It may not just be physical health that people are worrying about in these trying times. Mental health could also be suffering as...

Optare temporarily suspends production By Chris Peat -

Optare temporarily suspends production

Optare has taken the decision to temporarily suspend production. Its staff have been furloughed or moved to home working until...

Coach tourism – battling to recover By Chris Peat -

Coach tourism – battling to recover

The Coach Tourism Association says it has a seat at the table of TIER – the Tourism Industry Emergency Response group –...

Emergency financial standing rules in place By Chris Peat -

Emergency financial standing rules in place

Senior Traffic Commissioner, Richard Turfitt, has put in place interim guidance on financial standing in light of the coronavirus...

Shearings under fire for ‘no refund’ policy By Chris Peat -

Shearings under fire for ‘no refund’ policy

Shearings is under fire from customers, having cancelled its tours until the end of April and now refusing to give refunds,...

Coach holidays still booked at Hunt’s By Chris Peat -

Coach holidays still booked at Hunt’s

Despite mass cancellations of bookings in the industry due to the pandemic, Hunt’s Coaches of Lincolnshire has had Mrs Ware...

CPT urges £1bn bus rescue package By Chris Peat -

CPT urges £1bn bus rescue package

CPT is urging ministers to support the industry now or risk what it describes as the decimation of a national bus network that is...