Stockport-based Belle Vue Manchester is now a member of the Guild of British Coach Operators. Membership of the Guild is only open to companies which attain a 100% rating in their inspection, carried out by the independent firm Lloyd Morgan Group. The audit covers quality standards of customer service, including punctuality and having 24-hour emergency […]
VDL has given a sneak peek of the next generation of its Futura and B&CB’s Stuart Jones has been to the Netherlands to get a glimpse. The Dutch manufacturer revealed complete front and rear renditions of the vehicle, along with a complete prototype covered in disguise vinyls. Sadly no photos were allowed to be taken, […]
Jones Holidays, part of Alpine Travel, has relocated its Flint Travel Shop to Church Street in the centre of town. The coach holiday company has been a strong aspect of life in Flintshire for over 100 years. The shop was previously located on Chester Road. Beverley Cooke, Head of Sales and Marketing at Alpine Travel, […]
The Coach Tourism Association is staging a member Winter Networking event in Exeter on 19-20 November 2023. Hosted at the Courtyard by Marriott Exeter Sandypark hotel and including dinner at the Mercure Exeter Rougemont Hotel, the event is supported by Visit Exeter. It starts with a fam trip to Sidmouth with the coach supplied by […]
First Group-owned Aircoach has launched its first ever English routes, with a new airport service between Leicester and Birmingham Airport. The service runs from St Margaret’s Bus Station (stand SZ) in the centre of Leicester, picking up at Fosse Park and then direct to Birmingham Airport, seven days a week, every hour, 24 hours a […]
Trade show Coach and Bus UK has been cancelled entirely. Show organiser Diversified Communications announces its UK trade events will change to a biennial frequency from 2024. This leaves just Euro Bus Expo out of the two bus and coach exhibitions, taking place every other year. The next one will be in 2024 at its […]
Stagecoach reports its Oxford Tube service is a ‘roaring success’ and is to increase capacity. The boost to services will require more coaches added to the service. The scheduled coach service, operated between Oxford and London, is seeing strong demand, according to the operator. It reports demand in weekends in particular is ‘very high’. The […]
Journeys made on transport technology specialist Flix‘s services has risen dramatically since last year, according to its half-year figures for the first six months of 2023. From January until the end of June 2023, more than 36 million passengers worldwide travelled with FlixBus, FlixTrain, Greyhound, and Kamil Koç, equivalent to a 53% increase versus 2022. […]