Johnsons Coaches of Henley-in-Arden has achieved sales of over £17 million in 2023, a 25% year-on-year increase. The Warwickshire-based operator says accelerating demand for unusual excursions and luxury travel has driven the record year of sales. More than 650 holiday departures carrying over 23,000 passengers have contributed to this growth, which is a 22% year-on-year […]
CPT’s inaugural North of England Ride and Drive in Newcastle is planned to take place on 9 March. This new event follows the success of CPT’s Ride and Drive event held in summer in North Weald, Essex, which has been established since 2012. Like its southern counterpart, the event will feature several vehicle suppliers offering […]
McGill’s Group is entering the coach tourism market with its new Loch Lomond Travel brand. The new coach holiday venture from the Greenock-based business is to provide coach holidays to resorts and attractions all around the UK, working in partnership with quality hotels and destinations. The operation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of McGill’s, which is […]
B.A.S.E Coach Sales has sold the first three of a new, high-capacity coach layout based on the Spanish-built Beulas Cygnus. Underpinned by Scania’s powerful K360 chassis, the 12.7-metre coaches heading for AAA Coaches of Edinburgh have 70 Prime Buckingham seats with USBs in a 3+2 configuration and are fully PSVAR equipped with a Hidral wheelchair […]
Preparations for this year’s UK Coach Rally on 13 and 14 April are well underway. The organisers, Coach Displays, have told B&CB that well over half of spaces for vehicle entries to the 68th edition of the Rally have already been taken. Taking place at the Comedy Carpet in Blackpool, a maximum of 55 coaches […]
After 35 years at the Volvo Group, Andy Kunze is passing the baton to Volvo Bus UK & Ireland’s new Service Market Director, Daniel Tanner, as he takes a step back. Daniel’s appointment sees him head a team responsible for maintaining Volvo Buses’ high standards of customer support and overseeing its dealer network, from a […]
Travel tech company Flix has announced the launch of its pilot for the first electric long-distance coach service in England and Wales. From 21 March until June 2024, travellers will be able to try out the electric vehicle on a FlixBus route between London, Bristol and Newport (South Wales). It will be trialled for three […]
Charlotte ‘Charley’ Eaton, one of Newport Transport’s drivers on its Swansea to London FlixBus services, is to shave her hair off for charity. On 29 February, the official McMillan Cancer Support ‘Brave the Shave’ day, Charlotte is to chop her luscious locks off and donate her hair to the Little Princess Trust. This organisation provides […]