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Heavy Duty Parts

It is 20 years since Kevin Booth and Jack Miles capitalised on their considerable experience in the coach and coach parts markets to establish Heavy Duty Parts, initially specialising in support for the Neoplan brand, but rapidly expanding beyond that to offer parts for virtually any European coach product. The business, which following Jack’s decision […]

Lucketts Group

Maintaining growth over three generations of family management takes a lot of hard work and commitment but above that it requires the ability to adapt and change as markets and circumstances evolve, taking the opportunities that arise and learning the new skills needed to stay efficient, legal and profitable. The Fareham based Lucketts group is […]

Maintaining reduced emissions

Euro6 engine emission regulations are extremely stringent and complying with them has cost the engine manufacturers billions. One of the reasons for this is because politicians have been disappointed that the results obtained by bench testing earlier generation engines to satisfy previous regulations have not been equalled in everyday operation. Chris Peat talks to manufacturers […]

Volvo & ElectriCity

In the second of three visits to Sweden to monitor Volvo’s progress in the development of electric buses, and specifically the ElectriCity project in Gothenburg, Stuart Jones was at the company’s Hallered test track last week hearing more about the plans and experiencing the vehicles on the test track for the first time. In previous […]

Passenger Focus

The Central Library in Manchester was the venue for the official launch of Passenger Focus’ Bus Passenger survey for 2014. Politicians, press, industry heads and representatives from the organisation were tightly packed in a room to hear the results of the survey along with guest speakers and a panel discussion. The two hour session was […]

The remarkable Treka

It seems hard to believe that the Treka 16 is probably Britain’s most successful coachbuilt, wheelchair accessible minibus in 2015 despite having been first produced in 1997. It is also remarkable that it has not fundamentally changed in design concept since those far off days. Current owner and Chairman of Treka Bus, Mark Clissett, believes […]

Sapphire on Deeside

Arriva Buses Wales has continued the investment programme commenced in 2014 with the launch of nine new Sapphire standard buses for services 10/10A serving Deeside from Chester. Representing a £2million investment, the fleet of ADL Enviro400s was revealed last week at the company’s Chester depot ready to enter service on 15 March. Welcoming guests including […]

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