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BEAR continues to deliver By Chris Peat -

BEAR continues to deliver

The Bus Emission Abatement Retrofit Fund (BEAR) is making £8.85 million available in 2019/20. The money is to support the...

Minutes silence called for after crash By Chris Peat -

Minutes silence called for after crash

Trade union Unite has called for a minute’s silence following a bus crash in Orpington, which left one person dead and 15...

Putting the green in coach By Chris Peat -

Putting the green in coach

With headquarters in the trendy, graffiti-art bedecked Floodgates Street in the centre of Birmingham, Big Green Coach is perhaps...

Skinners call it a day By Chris Peat -

Skinners call it a day

Skinners of Oxted is to cease operating on 31 December 2019 as its owners retire. The husband and wife team of Deborah and...

Scania is introducing a longer version of the Irizar i6S By Chris Peat -

Scania is introducing a longer version of the Irizar i6S

The first vehicle built to the longer length will arrive into the UK early January and has been purchased by Dudley-based Dunwood...

Durham’s new coach park opens By Chris Peat -

Durham’s new coach park opens

The park is free for coaches and has been designed to provide better facilities for drivers. It currently has cleaning...

£2m funding announced for audio-visual info By Chris Peat -

£2m funding announced for audio-visual info

A new partnership is to bring £2m of funding to small bus-operators for audible and visible onboard information. The DfT and the...

ATT wins new fans at show By Chris Peat -

ATT wins new fans at show

Alliance Transport Technologies (ATT), has reported a “fantastic customer response” at the recent Coach & Bus UK show,...