Owned by Managing Director, Mark Kelly, Danilo Lucchi UK is a trading name of Mark Anthony Leather & Textiles Ltd. Mark welcomed me to the company’s headquarters. Mark explained, ‘We have been servicing the market now for approaching seven years but in the last two years we have diversified the product range more.’ With the […]
Two years ago Daimler launched the first ComfortClass 500 coaches. The three initial models were the 12.3m long S515HD, the 13.1m S516HD and the 13.9m S517HD, all of which are 3.77m high. The S515HD was subsequently voted the Coach of the Year 2014 following the 2013 CoachEuroTest held at Ybbs in Austria. Completing the HD […]
I caught up with Bill in Newcastle-upon-Tyne at one of the Roadshows CTA is holding in various parts of the country. This also gave me the opportunity to meet the CTA’s new Communications Manager, Susan Wildman, who masterminded the Roadshow programme. This was well supported by industry suppliers which included: Minibus Options, EvoBus, GM Coachworks, […]
The brief was to adapt a Euro6 light truck chassis for a bus and coach application and complete the build and M3 Homologation testing within a year. Thanks to the commitment of both sides they have achieved this and the 33 seat Pulse has been launched. Discussions began in June last year and the first […]
The evening was an opportunity to highlight the work that had been done and this was skilfully presented in a video called The Visit, which showcased some of the individuals and organisations who had benefited from People 1st training programmes. In addition, it was a fitting occasion for the former CEO, Brian Wisdom, who has […]
These difficulties may now be coming to an end, or at least easing. The introduction by Stoneridge of the SE5000 Exakt Duo and the latest SE5000 Exakt Duo2 digital tachograph means that it is now much simpler for the driver and the operator to stay legal, even if the vehicle is away from base for […]
Most cars didn’t have radios when the business started in 1964 and CRS met the need for them as a retail aftermarket supplier and installer, opening a number of additional shops before acquisition by Smiths Industries in 1974. Smiths renamed it Autosound, added more outlets and equipment marques and branched out into the sunroof, electric […]
Speaking to guests, who including senior business people from both Wakefield and Castleford as well as the Mayor of Wakefield, Cllr Sandra Pickin, Regional Managing Director (Arriva Yorkshire, Arriva North East and Yorkshire Tiger), Nigel Featham, said that it was: ‘an important day for Arriva and more importantly an important day for the wider West […]