Mercedes-Benz is currently enjoying huge success in the UK with the Turkish built Tourismo integral coach but for many operators it was the earlier Touro model that laid the foundation for its achievements. There had been earlier full sized coach offerings such as the O.302 and O.303 integral, the Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodied O.303 chassis, […]
With 40 years of adaptation and conversion experience, Alfred Bekker (AB) are very passionate about wheelchair accessibility. Continually looking to push product innovation, AB linked with German seat manufacturer Schnierle, to release the RolliBox System, the most recent conversion of which was completed on a medium wheelbase Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. The RolliBox is an innovative wheelchair […]
The company’s strong performance in the mystery travelling element meant that the judges had little hesitation in naming Reading Buses as the Gold Award winner in the Top Shire Operator category for the third year in a row. Reading Buses took home five 2015 trophies in total, adding Gold Awards in both the Marketing Excellence […]
Despite its best efforts Iveco has always had to take second place to Mercedes-Benz in the world of mass produced panel vans, particularly here in the UK. This stems I believe from a perception amongst British operators that it lagged behind Mercedes-Benz in terms of design and specification. It also had a poor reputation in […]
After 35 years in their Bicester depot, family run operator, Grayline Coaches, has moved. As it enters its 60th year of operation, the company now inhabits a former farm just a couple of miles outside of Bicester, which has been extensively converted to create a facility made to measure for them. It was a major […]
The Scottish Government has in recent years demonstrated a robust commitment to community transport in Scotland, believing that CT is essential to prevent social exclusion in areas where the lack of population and rural nature mean that conventional bus services cannot be viable. As a result their funding to local authorities for use on community […]
Neatly timed to coincide with the announcement of the QCS Board findings, the latest meeting of the Young Bus Managers Network (YBMN) was held last week at The County Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Supported by the Chris Moyes Scholarship Trust, the organisation is a not-for-profit organisation helping the industry breed and encourage the next generation of managers. […]
The last few weeks have seen VW making plenty of headlines and all for the wrong reasons. It must be some relief to the management at Wolfsburg, Germany to be able to announce some good news. That good news is the impending arrival in the UK of the first examples of their new mid range […]