Posts by markwilliams

About markwilliams

The Group Editor of Bus & Coach Buyer and its sister magazine, Coach Tours UK, Mark has more than 35 year's experience of the passenger transport market

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ADL is apprentices’ Employer of the Year By markwilliams -

ADL is apprentices’ Employer of the Year

Alexander Dennis’ Scarborough factory has won Employer of the Year at the TEC Partnership Apprenticeship Awards 2025. The...

McGills: threatens legal action against franchising By markwilliams -

McGills: threatens legal action against franchising

McGill’s Group has launched searing condemnation of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT)’s proposed bus franchising...

Reading driver completes 50 years By markwilliams -

Reading driver completes 50 years

Reading Buses has been toasting one of its best-loved, and longest serving, employees as driver Amarjit Singh celebrated his 50th...

CTA Conference 2025: ‘Scrub up and show up’ By markwilliams -

CTA Conference 2025: ‘Scrub up and show up’

The Coach Tourism Association Conference 2025 saw TV personality Anthea Turner urge coach operators to stick with the demographic...

ROAD TEST: Yutong GTe14 By markwilliams -

ROAD TEST: Yutong GTe14

When we road tested Yutong’s TCe12 electric coach – the first battery coach in the UK – we were in praise of so much...

High-spec electric demonstrator for sale By markwilliams -

High-spec electric demonstrator for sale

Pelican is selling its high-spec Yutong U11DD, currently painted in the colours of Westway. The bus has alloy wheels, tinted...

Reeves announcement ‘missed the bus’ By markwilliams -

Reeves announcement ‘missed the bus’

The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has broadly welcomed this week’s announcement by the Chancellor setting out...

CPT says BODS is a safety risk for schools By markwilliams -

CPT says BODS is a safety risk for schools

The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has called on the Government to exempt closed-door school services from Bus Open...