It is with huge regret that we have to tell readers that we have suspended publication of Bus and Coach Buyer magazine through April. We are entirely dependent on advertising for all our revenues, and in the last fortnight, unsurprisingly, our clients have had to reduce or cancel marketing programmes, including advertising. We are extremely […]
Five fully-electric, low floor Mellor Orion E small buses have been supplied to Community Transport Glasgow (CTG). The provision of the vehicles is part of a strategy to move to a fully electric fleet, which is in line with Glasgow City Council’s overall ambition to become the UK’s first city to become fully carbon neutral. […]
Kent-based Go-Coach is to launch a demand responsive transport (DRT) service in May. It is thought to be the first independent operator to do so. Entitled Go2, the service will see four new Ford Transit Tourneos enter service on the DRTs on 11 May. It is also thought to be the first to use small […]
Irizar (UK)’s new Managing Director, Andrew Blundell, brings over 25 years of experience in the transport and logistics sectors to the post. He was most recently Transport Development Director at leading British logistics company Bibby Distribution, but also has specific coach-industry experience from his time as Operations Director at Alfa Travel of Chorley. Other famous […]
The community transport operator was rescued from closure in 2017 by joining HCT Group. It has been reliant on it for financial, management and technical support since that time. Operating conditions for MCT have not improved sufficiently for continued support to be viable. HCT Group can no longer sustain MCT’s losses and says it has […]
The free travel to and from the exhibition and conference event will be available from Bristol, Oxford, Milton Keynes, St Albans and Maidenhead. The deal was initially teased in last week’s news section (see B&CB 1568, 21 February 2020). Visitors to ITT Hub 2020 will be able to use Snap’s new online events product to […]
In her keynote address, the self-proclaimed “Baroness of the Buses” began by saying: “What a transformational year this is going to be for us all. It’s the start of what I believe is going to be a golden age for buses in this country.” Baroness Vere, Minister with Responsibility for Buses, DfT, said: “It is […]
Blackpool is a town that is re-inventing itself, looking for new opportunities to grow employment and amenity opportunities for its visitors and resident population. At around 139,000, the latter has been in decline for a number of years and faces the added challenges of ageing and deprivation but the town’s unitary authority is delivering on […]