Allan Vaulter retired in 2016 but has set up a new business doing what he does best. Stuart Jones went to Taunton to see him. It may seem to those in the South West that Allan Vaulter has been selling coaches forever, but this is not true. He started as recently as 1975 having previously […]
Few organisations are likely to be fully compliant by 25 May 2018 (especially as some key guidance is yet to be published and the Data Protection Bill is yet to pass through parliament). However, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has indicated that those who fail to engage with the GDPR by the implementation date will […]
Martyn Hoare and I cannot be sure how long ago it was that I last visited, but it’s pretty clear to me that Bluebird Coaches of Weymouth has come a long way since. I remember a traditional coach operation with its feet firmly planted in the town, its seafront travel shop providing that mainstay of […]
Boulder Bridge Lane near Barnsley is the stuff of legend; the place where buses and coaches meet their maker. On the face of it, breaking up PSVs may seem a simple act of destruction but, as we discovered, it’s actually a complex and risky business, paying ahead for raw materials which may fall in value […]
The UK’s new Clean Air Zones could be the biggest boost to buses for decades… or another example of politics which ignores the evidence. Delegates at the UK Bus Summit heard the arguments from both sides but everyone including new Transport Minister for buses, Nusrat Ghani MP, was in broad agreement that buses are the […]
Pelican Bus and Coach has opened its new Yutong showroom and engineering base, with the visit of Jin Xu, Minister Councillor for Economic and Commercial Development at the Chinese Embassy in the UK. With the Castleford, West Yorkshire, building at over 12,000 square feet, the whole 1.4 acre site (close to Junction 31 of the […]
“Young, energetic and passionate” is how Sales Director, Richard Matthews, describes the new team in place at Plaxton Coach Sales of Anston. Former-General Manager Coach Sales, Mick McElhone, retired this year, passing the reins over to Simon Wood. This followed Mick handing his responsibilities for running the Anston site over to Martin Dunleavy in September […]
In typical Optare fashion, the Solo had three launches. First of all, an artist’s impression with some details was announced in late Summer 1997. Then, in October, the actual vehicle had a soft launch inside Oulton Hall, after dinner, on the outskirts of Leeds. There we got the first glimpse of a vehicle that was […]