UNVI is to build its SIL double-deck coach model in right-hand drive for the UK market, with a class-leading 97 seats. The UNVI SIL coach which was exhibited at the last Busworld, in Brussels, is a tri-axle 14m with 67 upper-deck seats and a front-door, wheelchair-accessible lower saloon meeting PSVAR demands. It has a 9m3 […]
The industry’s biennial exhibition, Euro Bus Expo, has been postponed a full year, and its 2020 awards event cancelled. Show organiser Diversified Communications UK now says the trade show for the coach, bus and minibus sector will now be held on 26 – 28 October, 2021 at the NEC Birmingham. Bus and Coach Buyer has […]
Richard Bamber, Managing Partner of Anthony’s Travel has heaped praise on the legal team at Backhouse Jones for help during the pandemic. “Throughout the crisis and every changing landscape BJ have done their utmost to keep the industry informed through their weekly webinars , on-line courses and emails presented with great professionalism and clarity to […]
The Specialist Leisure Group, SLG, which owns Shearings, National Holidays, Wallace Arnold Travel Shops and several hotel groupings has been placed into administration. The group had made headlines early in the pandemic by refusing to refund deposits as it suspended its holidays and laid off drivers. Now, SLG has announced it’s administration, during which insolvency […]
Irizar has launched two systems so that UK coach operators can combat challenges posed by coronavirus, including a ventilation modification which purifies the air and potentially traps viral particles from circulating. Working in conjunction with air-conditioning supplier Hispacold (part of the Irizar Group of companies), Irizar (UK) now offers the eco3 air-purifier, which can be […]
Coach tourism needs £65m a month as it faces fight for its future with 18 month winter, the Confederation of Passenger Transport has warned. The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) today called on the Government to provide a support package worth £65m each month for the coach tourism industry. Despite the spring and summer being […]
Sprinter specialist EVM has created a suite of COVID-19 protection measures which can be retrofitted to its vehicles and added to new vehicles in built. All components will be available to customer for the end of May. The kit includes a screen for the driver protection and between each seat rows, plus a new saloon […]
Trade associations representing thousands of tourist businesses, together with the Local Government Association, have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking him to urgently change civil servants’ interpretation of his Coronavirus Business Rates Relief Scheme, launched to support the UK’s hospitality and leisure industries. Tour and coach operators, represented by the Coach Tourism Association, […]