RHA Coaches is urging all operators to sign a petition to save Matlock Bath Coach Park, which may be turned into a traveller site. “Following up on the closure of Matlock Bath coach park, we’re informed that the matter of providing temporary sites for travellers is to be discussed at a meeting of Derbyshire Dales […]
Sector Investor REL Capital has strengthened the management team by appointing Daniel Butterfield as MD to oversee its group of coaching businesse, and has acquired a majority stake in Felixstowe Travel of Suffolk. Dan has held senior management roles at the Go-Ahead group for 16 years, including Head of Operations, and held turnaround roles in […]
Members of RHA Coaches now have access to a legal advice service, the young trade association has announced. RHA Legal services offer support for commercial contracts, corporate activities such as property disputes. The service even offers further assistance at preferential rates. Representation for Public Inquires and Employment Tribunals are also included. Coach operations manager Andy […]
Go-Ahead Group has agreed a deal to acquire Swanbrook Transport, a bus and coach operator based in Cheltenham. Swanbrook operates local bus, home to school services and private hire and will become part of Pulhams Coaches, which sits in Go-Ahead’s Oxford division. This latest deal builds on Go-Ahead’s recent acquisitions across England, including four coach […]
McGill’s Group-owned Xplore Dundee is to increase the frequency of its FLY service between Dundee and Edinburgh Airport. Starting from 1 December, peak-time services will operate every hour, rather than every 90 minutes, enhancing options for both business and leisure travellers. This improvement increases the number of coaches being used at peak times to three, […]
Coach operators across Britain have warned that the long-term viability of their business is under threat from changes to Inheritance Tax announced by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. A survey by the CPT suggests 71% of coach operators will be affected by the change to inheritance tax rules. About 85% of small and medium sized coach […]
Warwickshire Travel has chosen Stertil-Koni’s mobile column lifts to streamline its outdoor maintenance operations. Based in Princethorpe, Warwickshire, the company operates a fleet of coaches, buses and minibuses. Due to height restrictions within its workshop, the operator carries out essential maintenance outdoors. To support these operations, Stertil-Koni supplied cabled mobile column lifts with specialised protective […]
Membership organisation CILT (UK) is bringing back its BusMark scheme. Industry stalwart, Austin Birks, was on the membership organisation’s stand at Euro Bus Expo to tell people about the benchmarking scheme, which carries out an annual survey supplemented by seasonal snapshot questionnaires, that help establish the position of operators on a number of key themes […]