HCT Group, the former Hackney Community Transport not-for-profit, has posted losses of almost £1.5 million, and breached its covenants, having recorded a £0.89m profit in 2017/18. The annual report also reveals that last year, a ‘cyberattack’ managed to destroy all of its financial data, leaving it to recreate it own figures. In law, companies are […]
As the country starts easing out of lockdown, Stone King in conjunction with Bus and Coach Buyer led an online seminar to discuss the affects of COVID-19 on the industry. Taking a different style to the standard seminar, ‘The Conversation’ aimed to be just that, a candid discussion about the current situation and its […]
Arriva Bus & Coach has reassured operators that it’s very much in business, following rumours of closure. A spokesman for the company said: “We have recently completed a planned review of Arriva Bus and Coach and are proposing to significantly downsize the business to reduce its costs. “We have now started formal consultation proceedings with […]
UNVI is to build its SIL double-deck coach model in right-hand drive for the UK market, with a class-leading 97 seats. The UNVI SIL coach which was exhibited at the last Busworld, in Brussels, is a tri-axle 14m with 67 upper-deck seats and a front-door, wheelchair-accessible lower saloon meeting PSVAR demands. It has a 9m3 […]
The industry’s biennial exhibition, Euro Bus Expo, has been postponed a full year, and its 2020 awards event cancelled. Show organiser Diversified Communications UK now says the trade show for the coach, bus and minibus sector will now be held on 26 – 28 October, 2021 at the NEC Birmingham. Bus and Coach Buyer has […]
Richard Bamber, Managing Partner of Anthony’s Travel has heaped praise on the legal team at Backhouse Jones for help during the pandemic. “Throughout the crisis and every changing landscape BJ have done their utmost to keep the industry informed through their weekly webinars , on-line courses and emails presented with great professionalism and clarity to […]
The Specialist Leisure Group, SLG, which owns Shearings, National Holidays, Wallace Arnold Travel Shops and several hotel groupings has been placed into administration. The group had made headlines early in the pandemic by refusing to refund deposits as it suspended its holidays and laid off drivers. Now, SLG has announced it’s administration, during which insolvency […]
