Strong underlying First Bus performance is one of the main factors behind First Group‘s rise in adjusted revenue of £1,370m (FY 2024: £1,279.6m) for the financial year ending 29 March 2025. Group adjusted operating profit increased to £222.8m (FY 2024: £204.3m), driven by First Bus rising £12.4m to £96.0m and First Rail up £5.5m to £148.8m. It had a 10% adjusted operating profit margin in the second half […]
Caledonian Leisure has announced that it has recorded an annual turnover of over £63m for 2024. This represents a profitable turnover growth of 15% on the previous year, up from £55m. The company launched in June 2021 and operates under the Caledonian Travel and UKBreakaways brands. Earlier this year, the company added ten new Temsa touring coaches […]
Ember, the UK’s first all-electric inter-city coach company, is running its fleet of electric coaches exclusively on Michelin rubber. Ember now operates 78 Yutong electric coaches on routes across Scotland, with its headquarters at the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP), in Dundee. “Because our utilisation is so high, it’s imperative we have long-lasting and reliable […]
Bedfordshire-based Cozy Travel is to join FlixBus in a new partnership unveiled today. The partnership will begin on 13 June, adding Brighton as a new destination for the UK-wide coach network. Serving the seaside city for the first time, the route will link Brighton to Gatwick Airport, London and Cambridge twice a day in each […]
Bakers Dolphin has provided transport for walkers embarking on Weston Hospicecare‘s annual Mendip Challenge earlier this month. The operator provided six coaches to assist with the running of the day and transported walkers to starting points in Wells and Cheddar before they began their trek back to the finish line at Weston Cricket Club. The […]
Liquidators have been called in at the now closed Fishers Tours. All staff at the Dundee-based operator have now been made redundant. The company employed 27 people and operated from Mid Craigie Industrial Estate with a fleet of 18 coaches. In recent months, the business has faced financial challenges amid rising costs but operated with […]
C9 Recruitment is guaranteeing to beat any like-for-like quotation, while ensuring full legal and compliance transparency. The bus and coach industry staffing partner says it is making a stand in what it says is an industry exposed to risk through non-compliant pay models, raising the bar for recruitment standards across the transport sector. “We’ll beat […]
According to an RHA report, 75% of coach operators currently have no plans to introduce electric vehicles into their fleets. The RHA is today releasing a new Net Zero report based on a sector-wide survey of UK Coach, HGV and van operators. It shows coach operators want more clarity and certainty on dates to plan, […]