Isle of Wight Tours managing director Shirley Winn has just hit the airwaves on behalf of the coach tour industry in broadcasts all over the country on BBC local radio. Shirley has been very active in working with the press on the Isle of Wight as well as Visit Isle of Wight and the Isle […]
In all, 95 coaches from the around the country have taken part in a rally to raise awareness of the plight of the industry during the coronavirus pandemic. The Honk for Hope UK campaign was organised by Jenna Rush of North East Coach Travel. Jenna told Bus and Coach Buyer: “This event is not a […]
VisitBritain has set up a ‘We’re Good To Go’ covid healthcheck scheme which can be used by tourism businesses including coach operators to reassure customers. The scheme uses government guidance for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, to present a checklist of measures required to avoid virus transmission and notifies the operator of any changes […]
Coach operators around the country have been alerting their MPs to the plight of their businesses, including Masons Minibus and Coach Hire, in Hertfordshire. The company’s business development manager, Candice Mason, worked her contacts to alert local MP, Greg Smith, to the problems right at the start of lockdown: “I then supplied weekly updates and […]
Moseley (PCV), the Pontefract dealership for VDL, Indcar and Beulas coaches, has gone into administration with all but eight staff made redundant. The dealership closed its Moseley in the South arm early in the lockdown, with an auction of vehicles based there, but appears to have been unable to keep the business viable. The business […]
HCT Group, the former Hackney Community Transport not-for-profit, has posted losses of almost £1.5 million, and breached its covenants, having recorded a £0.89m profit in 2017/18. The annual report also reveals that last year, a ‘cyberattack’ managed to destroy all of its financial data, leaving it to recreate it own figures. In law, companies are […]
As the country starts easing out of lockdown, Stone King in conjunction with Bus and Coach Buyer led an online seminar to discuss the affects of COVID-19 on the industry. Taking a different style to the standard seminar, ‘The Conversation’ aimed to be just that, a candid discussion about the current situation and its […]
Arriva Bus & Coach has reassured operators that it’s very much in business, following rumours of closure. A spokesman for the company said: “We have recently completed a planned review of Arriva Bus and Coach and are proposing to significantly downsize the business to reduce its costs. “We have now started formal consultation proceedings with […]