Gloucestershire-based Bennetts Coaches has added ten new coaches to its fleet following £3.9m of funding from Lombard. The ten coaches are Caetano Levantes for National Express Heathrow Airport work, replacing eight-year-old coaches. They are customised to meet National Express requirements, featuring luxury amenities such as leather seats, charging ports, air conditioning, heating and TVs. As […]
Yesterday’s budget elicited a number of responses from the industry. Perhaps the biggest announcement in the Budget from a PCV perspective is the change of the £2 fare cap to £3 for 2025. However, National Insurance contribution rises are expected to impact the sector and the £1bn pledged to support buses has been welcomed. NI hike […]
Ticketer has achieved the major milestone of issuing its eight-billionth ticket. The landmark ticket was sold onboard an Arriva Merseyside bus. The provider of real-time information, fleet management and smart ticketing solutions says the achievement marks Ticketer’s ‘enduring contribution and longstanding partnership with not only Arriva but the industry as a whole’ since the company’s […]
Held every other year, the FIAA show in Madrid is a significant event on the European exhibition circuit and especially so for the Spanish and Portuguese markets, which have pretty much returned to pre-pandemic levels. The latest edition, the 15th, was staged as usual at the IFEMA complex, one Metro stop away from Madrid airport, […]
The Association of Local Bus Managers (ALBUM) is pleased there is now more clarity on the government’s bus fare cap. It follows the government’s announcement that the £2 fare cap due to end on 31 December would be raised to £3 in January and is to be in place for 12 months. ALBUM said that […]
ShuttleID has launched a new package designed specifically for use with local authorities. The package from the digital school bus pass platform includes a number of key features aimed at authorities and a no obligation 90-day free trial. The system provides e-ticketing, payments, service alerts, reporting, live vehicle tracking and boarding notifications in a single […]
Media reports that the £2 fare cap could be cut in Wednesday’s Budget have been defused by the Prime Minister’s announcement today that the fare cap will rise 50%, to £3. Costing £200m, the fare cap has seen passenger journey rise almost 20% between March 2022 and March ’23, delivering between 70p and 91p in […]
Eastern Transport Holdings Ltd, the parent company of bus operators Stephensons of Essex and NIBS Buses, operating across Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, has been sold by its sole shareholder, Bill Hiron, to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The business operates around 140 buses on an extensive network of services covering much of East Anglia, stretching […]