The government has issued a policy guide to local authorities advising that they should support suppliers such as coach and bus operators by continuing to make payments, though on the basis of ‘open book’ transparency. The latest Public Procurement Note says that local government and other public bodies such as the NHS should operate on […]
Together with our legal partners, Stone King, and with expertise from One Associates and from financial experts Milsted Langdon, we are running a webinar to help you through the current problems. If you have not joined a webinar before, it’s very simple, and you will remain anonymous. Just click on the link below, and you […]
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 […]
We couldn’t really have chosen a worse day to road test a coach – at the peak of Storm Jorge, who was busy dumping a month’s rainfall on the north-west in 24 hours. But if anything was going to show up any deficiencies in MAN’s tweaked Tourliner, Storm Jorge was it. The rain coupled with […]
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 […]
At its biggest conference yet, the Coach Tourism Association outlined what’s in store for European touring after Brexit. The annual event, this year at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in York, drew more than 160 delegates including coach operators and suppliers, with an agenda of familiarisation trips around York, dinners and networking events. The conference […]
National Express has completed the purchase of Fareham-based Lucketts Travel Group. As well as operating scheduled services on behalf of National Express the family-owned business provides private hire, chartered holiday and day trip services to tens of thousands of customers every year. The Lucketts Travel Group, which includes Coliseum Coaches, Mortons Travel, Solent Coaches and […]
Two potential stances on PSVAR have been presented by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) to its members. The trade body is asking members to choose a preferred stance from the two. With the same initial content, the two reports differ in the potential solution they each present. The first option argues that PSVAR was […]