Auctions of coach and bus fleets are, at the moment, an uncomfortable truth. The current succession of sales are, very sadly, at the behest of a liquidator, as operators continue to succumb to the current crisis in the industry. It’s also a fact that prices being achieved at auction are significantly below the aspirations you […]
Novadata, one of the UK’s foremost providers of digital tachograph analysis services, has introduced a new, cost effective, online Fleet Management Solution. The new Fleet Management Solution can be integrated seamlessly with Novadata’s existing online digital tachograph analysis, driving licence check and walkaround check app. This provides a robust online critical data resource for the […]
Due to the impact of the coronavirus, Bennett Coach Travel of Newton Abbott has entered voluntary liquidation. Director, David Bennett, said: “It was a voluntary decision. We just don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel. We just don’t have enough school work to keep us going.” David reports that all Bennett Coach […]
Bus and Coach Buyer’s legal eagles at Stone King LLP are presenting a bridge strike webinar, with particular focus on the PCV sector, at 10am on 24 November. Panellists include Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney, and Mark Wheel – Network Rail’s bridge strike champion. The webinar is aimed at heightening awareness, but especially at sharing good […]
Christopher Anthony Johnson (better known as Tony), of Johnson Bros. Tours, has passed away at the age of 77 following a battle with cancer. Alongside brothers Harry and Barry, Tony helped establish Johnson Bros. – originally known as Dukeries Coaches – as one of the finest names in the coaching industry. Founded in 1954, the […]
Britain’s forward looking bus companies were last week reporting fare-paying passenger levels back to an average of 60% of pre coronavirus levels. A survey of members of the Ten Per Cent Club gave results ranging from 46% to 74% across the country on commercial services excluding concessionary travel. Concessionary travel on commercial services has recovered […]
A north-west coach operator has warned fellow operators to expect unsolicited calls from HSE, which is conducting Covid-19 business spot checks. “I was contacted by a lady on the phone claiming to be from the HSE, advising she was going to undertake a telephone Covid-19 secure workplace check,” says Richard Bamber, of Anthony’s Travel of […]
Van Hool is believed to have set up an aftersales operation in the UK, utilising its Wellingborough service site previously run as a satellite maintenance facility by Arriva Bus and Coach. The future of the Arriva Bus and Coach dealership – which has Van Hool and Temsa as its two, core product ranges – is […]