First Group reports strong financial performance in its figures for the 52 weeks to 25 March 2023. Group adjusted attributable profit more than doubled, to £82.1m ahead of expectations (FY 2022: £36.2m). Its adjusted operating profit rose to £161m. First Bus passenger numbers rose dramatically in the period, to 1.1m a day compared to the […]
Go-Ahead Group has bought Pulham & Sons (Coaches) Limited, a long-established family run bus and coach operator in the Cotswolds. The two operators have been in discussions about a possible takeover since October 2022. The Pulham’s livery, brand identity and staff are due to remain unchanged. Pulhams, which has a fleet of 90 buses and […]
Trade body RHA and union GMB are highlighting the need for more toilets for bus, coach and other commercial vehicle drivers. Toilets for these drivers are a ‘basic human right’ the GMB’s annual congress has heard. The lack of public toilets has left drivers forced to ‘go anywhere’, according to GMB, sometimes leading to prosecution […]
Public transport tech company Snapper Services is boosting its data analytics offering through a new partnership with data-driven software business Analytics Engines. Snapper’s Mosaiq Insights platform is designed to enable transport authorities to quickly analyse the punctuality and reliability of their services, with the Analytics Engines partnership advancing the system to offer bespoke analytics capabilities […]
A row between FlixBus and Stagecoach over usage of Aberdeen Bus Station is intensifying. Scottish government and the city council are now being drawn into what FlixBus describes as a ‘bus war’. Stagecoach’s Managing Director for North Scotland, David Beaton, informed Flixbus Managing Director Andreas Schorling in an email on 24 April that owing to […]
RHA has emphasised the part the coach industry has played in aiding travellers over the weekend as strikes severely limited the rail network. RHA members were among hundreds of coach operators getting people to cup finals at Wembley and Hampden Park, the Epsom Derby and Beyonce’s London concert. “It’s only when something like this happens […]
A long-established coach company is available in whole or in part as a going concern in the Sussex/Surrey area. Operator with 30-plus licences and lucrative work within 30 miles radius of its base. A range of vehicles from 16-seaters to 70-seaters with a good proportion of PSVAR-compliant coaches. Vehicles will either be sold with the […]
Scania is to close a body production operation as part of efforts to reshape its bus and coach business. The manufacturer says the change is to secure profitable growth in a changing market environment and ‘provide customers with competitive and sustainable mobility solutions’. As part of the redirection, Scania is to close the part of […]