I visited the plant last month where I was hosted by Dr. Ulrich Hesselmann, Head of Mercedes-Benz Minibus and Head of Sales & Marketing, Mark Freymueller. Flight delays on the way meant that I missed the main press conference but they kindly took the trouble to go through the contents of it with me the following […]
Electric powered P&R York is renowned for its Park and Ride sites, of which there are now six with this newest facility. The opening of this latest 600 vehicle capacity site at Poppleton Bar, just off the A59, now sees all A roads to the city covered by a Park and Ride facility. All are […]
Tony Tomsett, Bus, Coach and Engine Sales Director of Scania (GB) Ltd, commented, ‘The Scania Touring is a versatile, high quality, comfortable and quiet vehicle which is equally at home in the city or on long distance touring. Furthermore, the fact that it is a fully-built-up Scania product means that customers will benefit from a […]
New man at the top Heading Carlyle during this time of renewal is Neil Smith. Neil takes over from Mike Fortt, who decided to step down from the role and has now become the company’s Sales Director, a role that still sees him bring his abundance of experience to play. Despite stepping down, he remains […]
John, himself a Leicester Tigers Rugby Union fan, former player and Chairman of Melton Mowbray RFC, decided that submitting a team in their annual corporate 7s event would make for an excellent corporate hospitality event. He has refereed at them all since the tournament began four years ago and this year was no exception. The […]
It is quite clear that Iveco has taken a conscious decision to win some of the market currently enjoyed by Mercedes-Benz with their Sprinter and with the new Daily they are well equipped to do it. In a number of areas it is significantly better than the Sprinter. In my opinion the current Iveco Daily […]
‘Breaching the bastion’ Eddie is spearheading a push into the bus and coach market, which is one Dhollandia is familiar with, especially in mainland Europe. Units from the range of hydraulic tail lifts are commonly used on PCVs on the Continent, considerably more so than they are in the UK. ‘Great Britain is a […]
Andrew Pulham, MD of Pulham’s Coaches of Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire, has traditionally had a virtually 100% Volvo fleet and anticipates continuing to buy Volvo in future, but on 8 April last year he took delivery of a two-axle Tourismo. He has never operated a Setra, ‘because they always seemed expensive compared with […]