I first wrote about John Bruce around 30 years ago when Bruce’s of Airdrie was in its early years. In July of last year John invited me to visit him in Scotland to talk about the company. It specialises in high mileage contract work and had just invested £400,000 in a new Van Hool TX17 […]
Big developments are happening at Banbury, Oxfordshire based Uniform Express Ltd, which is on a path towards increasing its share of the bus and coach uniform market. One of its latest expansions is the acquisition of another uniform supply company, The Work Clothing Group, which has expanded its own range and customer base (more on […]
The Forecourt and Fuel Solutions Roadshows are a series of established regional exhibitions held in five destinations across the country. Organised by Thames Communications based in Gravesend, Kent, the events have been running for a number of years. B&CB attended the show at the Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield to find out more about some […]
With over 1,700 sold already, 526 of them to Euro6 specification (including 194 Euro6 for the UK), Volvo is leading the way among manufacturers in the supply of hybrid buses. At the beginning of the year (B&CB issue 1260, 24 January 2014) we reported from Sweden on three prototype buses running in service in Gothenburg […]
Against the relentless trend of consolidation of the last few decades you could argue that only one European manufacturer has begun from scratch to claim and maintain a significant position within the European market. The Polish Solaris concern, with its green dachshund emblem, developed out of the Neoplan Polska operation headed by Christof Olszewska who, […]
The event was opened by the CTA’s Chairman, Dr Stephen Hickey, who then went on to act as Facilitator for the majority of the conference. He began by introducing Duncan Sloan, Director of Community Banking at RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland). He welcomed delegates to the Conference which was held in the RBS Auditorium. This […]
Mercedes-Benz has launched the CapaCity L articulated bus, a new longer version of the Citaro based four-axle CapaCity model that has been available since April 2007. The longest Mercedes-Benz bus yet offered, it is 21m in length and provides space for up to 191 passengers as standard. It is around three metres longer than conventional […]
Birmingham’s International Conference Centre was the venue for the recent Passenger Focus afternoon conference, Longer distance journeys: Are we well connected? Kirsty Flatt attended to find out more about the work that they do in the bus and coach industry. Proceedings began with a welcome from long serving Passenger Focus Chairman Colin Foxall who has […]