Passenger Plus has been welcomed into the Guild of British Coach Operators. The company completed an exacting audit before entry and passed with flying colours, according to the Guild. Guild Chairman, Max Fletcher from member Bakers Dolphin, said: “We welcome Passenger Plus to our membership, they are an excellent example of a quality operation and […]
Having covered the development of all-over-advertising and special liveries in his previous Amberley titles, Richard Walter’s latest title looks more closely at the current use of vinyl wraps including an introduction to the design and application of the material in conjunction with Gordana Graphics of Perth. This covers the wrapping of a Lothian open-top bus […]
Howard Berry has prepared a concise history of both models and chosen 180 quality images which have been well reproduced. These show vehicles at different stages of their lives across the UK working for operators large and small. Most are on AEC, Leyland, Ford or Bedford chassis but there are Bristols, Seddons, early Volvos and […]
Pearces of Oxford has received two new Temsa HD13 coaches. The pair each have 57 seats and are to PSVAR specification. Pearces was taken over by Go-Ahead in March this year, becoming part of its Oxford Bus Company operations. The coaches were supplied by TSUK.
As reported in B&CB issue 1702 (2 May 2025), Pelican Yutong has sold its 2,000th Yutong vehicle in the UK. The landmark coach, a GT12, has now been delivered to FirstGroup for use on its FlixBus operations. The first Yutong sold on these shores was a Euro V TC12 that went to Lincolnshire-based Cropley Coaches, […]
Fleet safety equipment supplier Parksafe Group is partnering with Road Skills Online in an effort to reduce bridge strikes across the UK. The company’s partnership with Road Skills Online started when it undertook one of its training sessions to help our staff better understand bridge strikes. It was found that combining Parksafe’s Low Bridge Detection […]
How Government can best support the coach industry is one of the topics to be discussed at an industry round-table discussion tomorrow (7 May 2025), Simon Lightwood, Local Transport Minister has told B&CB. Speaking during a visit to Star Coaches in Batley, West Yorkshire today (6 May 2025), the Minister said the goal of the […]
Scania (Great Britain) has acquired Haydock Commercial Vehicles. The deal will see Haydock’s six branches located in the North West – Warrington, Preston, Ellesmere Port, Widnes and Deeside, and its team join forces with Scania GB’s. It will also see Owner of Haydock Commercial Vehicles, Simon Dykes, say farewell to the business he built and […]