The JG Travel Group has expanded its head office in the centre of Cheltenham. The owner of coach holidays brands Just Go, Omega Breaks and National Holidays has added a second floor of office space, meaning the coach specialist is now the sole occupant of the building. This expansion forms part of the operator’s ongoing […]
VDL Bus and Coach‘s parent company, VDL Groep, has been hit by a cyber-attack. A statement on the company’s website said: “For security reasons, immediately after the attack, we disconnected and isolated all our systems from the outside world, to contain the attack and to protect customers, suppliers, other partners and employees. “In the interest […]
National Express coaches is no longer serving Winchester’s coach stop near the city’s iconic King Alfred statue. “We cannot confirm a new stop at this time” – National Express A statement from the operator said: “A recently revised risk assessment criteria has determined that the stop at the King Alfred Statue in Winchester is no […]
The JG Travel Group has expanded its head office in the centre of Cheltenham. The owner of coach holidays brands Just Go, Omega Breaks and National Holidays has added a second floor of office space, meaning the coach specialist is now the sole occupant of the building. This expansion forms part of the operator’s ongoing […]
Leeds-based UK holiday specialist Caledonian Leisure says demand for post-lockdown holidays has helped it outperform its first-year business plan projections. Caledonian Leisure Ltd, which comprises coach holiday specialist Caledonian Travel and hotel breaks operator UKBreakaways.com, was acquired in 2020 by the senior management team of Caledonian Travel and National Holidays following the collapse of parent […]
A Yutong TCe12 electric coach from Westway‘s fleet has made its latest stop on the Zero Carbon Tour, arriving at Birmingham. The Carbon Battle Bus is travelling across the country in the lead-up to the UK hosting the United Nation’s COP26 event in Glasgow in November. Delivered by internationally renowned sustainability organisation, Planet Mark, in […]
One of the industry’s best-known operators, Cyril Kenzie, has died aged 93. Cyril’s father, Bernard, founded Kenzies Coaches in 1947, but it was under Cyril’s control that it grew, though latterly, the the day-to-day running was taken over by his son, Richard. Kenzies Coaches closed down in 2019, when Richard reached retirement age without a […]
Unite has warned National Express that its bid to takeover Stagecoach comes at a time of industrial unrest amongst the target firm’s staff. Members of the trade union are currently involved in around 20 separate disputes with Stagecoach across the country over pay and other related issues. These disputes may result in industrial action across […]
DVSA has added extra PCV testing capacity. Since 16 September, DVSA has stopped online car and trailer test bookings to add an additional 2,759 bus and lorry tests between Monday 20 September and 21 November in various locations across Great Britain. DVSA will also be increasing the number of bus and coach tests once the […]
