At a press evening in London, senior Scania personnel updated journalists on the performance of the company over the past 12 months and gave some insights into the way they see the business going in the next year. Inevitably, much of what was said focused on trucks with the recent launch of ‘The Next Generation […]
Advanced Vehicles at Clay Cross, Derbyshire have been building quality van conversion minibuses for many, many years mainly, though not exclusively, on behalf of primary van manufacturer’s dealers, particularly Citroen. Advanced has always adopted, as far as possible, a philosophy of using its own equipment in the conversions. This can include fibre glass mouldings, glazing, […]
Parts aren’t all the same, as we all know. A component from one manufacturer might not match the quality of another so how do we ensure we are getting the best products? One way is to source them from a good, reputable supplier so what do we look for in a high quality parts provider? […]
This was the sixth event organised by Eddie Cross, Head of Transport Engineering Services at London Borough of Redbridge and his last, as he is leaving the business, but he assured me, ‘As long as Redbridge allow us to do so, we will continue to run the event which has become a fixture on the […]
Held at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster and now in its third year, the UK Bus Summit attracts an excellent and balanced speaker line up and through this delivers a breadth of opinion on the burning topics facing the industry. If you only go to one bus conference a year to keep abreast of the key issues, […]
Old Billingsgate, a grand repurposed Victorian fish market in London was again the venue for this year’s Transport Ticketing Global event. However, instead of fish the exhibition venue swam with key international players in ticketing for the transport sector. Chris Peat attended the second day of the two day event to bring you some of […]
From a child, Wendy was always involved in engineering without realising. She spent time playing with engines in the factory where her father was a plant manager and the first thing she ever drove was a tractor. Her career in engineering is a direct result of her fascination with the Army. Whilst at school, her […]
In the days before Salvador Caetano’s UK operations were centred on contracts with National Express, it was a significant player in the small coach market. Successive generations of the Toyota Coaster based Optimo were offered for three decades from 1985 but there were also other options including a number of Fiat or Iveco products tracing […]