A number of key new posts include the appointment of UK Sales Director Ian Mitchell, formerly Commercial Truck Director at Volvo; CEO Simon Elliott, who replaced Des Evans in September 2014 and Paul Gardner as General Manager, a promotion from his previous position of National Key Account Manager and filling the gap left by Ian […]
Regardless of rapidly approaching PSVAR/DDA deadlines that require it, there’s a good case for making buses and coaches even more accessible. However, what needs to be done and how can operators achieve this? Chris Peat has contacted some companies involved in this area to find out what they think and what they can offer. PLS […]
When they said would you like to visit a distillery in Scotland I was definitely up for it. Perhaps there’ll be samples to try I thought. OK, so it wasn’t what I might have expected but meeting up with Dickon Posnett, Development Director of Argent Energy and seeing round their Motherwell facility, was definitely worth […]
Electric buses are not sci-fi anymore, with fleets of them operating in a number of locations in the country. London was one of the first places to embrace them and will soon have close to 70 on the road. Locations such as Nottingham have followed. It’s not just buses though, it is all part of […]
With a budget of €22.5m, the ZeEUS (Zero Emission Urban Bus Systems) project is coordinated by UITP and co-funded by the European Commission under the 7th Research & Innovation Framework Programme, Mobility & Transport Directorate General. The ZeEUS project has been launched by the European Commission in the frame of the European Green Vehicle and […]
Scania’s new state-of-the-art commercial vehicle service centre has been officially opened by Sweden’s Ambassador to the UK, Her Excellency Nicola Clase. She was joined at the ceremony by approximately 100 transport operators together with senior Scania executives and representatives from Gallagher Group, the owners and developers of the site. The £6m, 2.5-acre, flagship site, which […]
There have been quite a number of conferences in recent months and all have touched on the apparently linked topics of devolution and re-regulation to various degrees. CPT’s triennial Northern Bus Summit held at the Manchester Conference Centre, took as its title ‘A Smart Road to Devolution’ -The Role of the Bus, and attempted to […]
London’s ExCel Centre hosted Highways UK recently, an event bringing together those involved with planning, developing, maintaining and managing the country’s road network. Combining a series of conferences and an exhibition, the event gave Chris Peat an insight into some of the issues surrounding the highways and byways the bus and coach sector relies on. […]