The ROSCO award for safe driving was presented before lunch by Chairman of EYMS and ROSCO, Peter Shipp, to John Noble of Ipswich Buses who, out of 42 years driving experience with the company, has achieved 35 years of continuous safe driving. Arriva claimed the top three places in the Young Manager of the Year […]
Regardless of what you have in your fleet, brand new, second hand or vintage, they all have windscreens. If you think they are just glass, then you’re not quite right, there is a lot more to them than that. Here, General Manager of Esprit, the windscreen crack and chip repair kit specialist, Neil Skidmore, has […]
BASE Coach Sales’ unveiling at Euro Bus Expo of the new MOBIpeople range of single deck options marks the latest stage in the company’s ongoing mission to provide vehicles that match operators’ needs and can be operated profitably. The BASE team, with the experience gained from running the 160 strong Holmeswood fleet, has developed particular […]
Many options are available for keeping passengers occupied, so much so that an entire market has sprung up around it. The question arises though: what really entertains your passengers? Chris Peat spoke to several suppliers of onboard entertainment to find out what is proving popular when it comes to keeping passengers occupied and what the […]
This was the eighth Coach and Bus Show organised by the Coach Transport and Tourism Council for Ireland, (CTTC), the country’s independent trade association, at the RDS in Simmonscourt, in the suburbs of Dublin. The show is held every two years and when the last one happened in 2012, Ireland was still deeply in economic […]
As readers of our preview on the Euro Bus Expo know, there were many new releases, product launches and innovative technology featured at the show. As ever, Chris Peat traversed the halls and perused the stands, bringing you the latest products and services news while David Cole tracked down some of the seating providers to […]
The hot topic at last year’s Coach and Bus Live was how would the industry react to the loss of the Mercedes-Benz Vario –the lifeblood of the 24-35 seat market for so many years? Eurobus Expo 2014 provided the answer – or did it? Unquestionably it presented lots of possibilities – by my reckoning at […]
Those manning the stands may not agree but for me last week’s Euro Bus Expo event flashed by. 16.30 on Thursday afternoon came round in no time and there were still things I’d wanted to see that I hadn’t got round to. The Bus & Coach Buyer team was out in force, with Rob Orchard […]