Early years Colin’s father was ‘a bit of a lad’ by all accounts. Born Frederick William Stock in Nottingham, he died Richard George Rowland and had a number of other names in between, among them A.G.White and Dicky White. The moniker sometimes depended upon who his mother was living with at the time. ‘She was […]
Not only has Safeguard survived for 90 years, it has remained in the ownership of the Newman family throughout, with several members of it still extremely active in the business and present to enjoy the festivities. Therese Newman had flown from Vancouver to be there. Managing Director, Andrew Halliday, is not part of the family but […]
SJ. What is your background and what are the main requirements and motivations of your job? TS. I trained as a Chartered Accountant with a small firm and then KPMG before moving to rail. My remit is what we would know as white coach, The Kings Ferry, Eurolines and National Express Germany (Coach). I think that […]
Biggest of the three operating units is Arriva Merseyside headed by MD, Howard Farrall operating buses from depots at Bootle (100), Birkenhead (95), Green Lane (121), Speke (128), St Helens (123) and Southport (65). Heading Arriva Manchester is John Rimmer. He is responsible for over 220 buses based at depots in Wythenshawe (68), Bolton (66), […]
Signing the Charter RNIB’s charter is designed to tackle the main problems faced by blind and partially sighted people, to give them a voice in a positive and constructive way. The RNIB’s ‘Stop for me, speak to me’ campaign has defined what these challenges are, with the organisation having spoken to older, disabled, blind and […]
The two axle Cityliners were followed by three-axle Cityliners that became the standard for many years. When the original Starliner was launched in the UK the model became the new choice for the fleet. Twelve were ordered in 1999. Parry’s continued to buy the Starliner 1 for as long as it was possible to do […]
At a time when other manufacturers have sometimes been reluctant to make their flagship models available in right hand drive, Neoplan not only came to the UK market with the second generation 13.99m Starliner P12 in 2009, it as since followed up with the shorter length 12.99m P11 model so that there are now two […]
Sir Peter Hendy London’s Transport Commissioner, Sir Peter Hendy, kicked off proceedings with a candid after-dinner talk on Tuesday about the challenges he faces in this high profile role. He ‘doesn’t do management books’, yet Sir Peter exudes effective leadership overseeing the biggest and most comprehensive transport system in the world in TfL. He pointed […]