Damage to business wrought by the pandemic has caused Gibson Direct to enter liquidation. On 6 April 2022 Ken Pattullo and Kenny Craig of Begbies Traynor were appointed as joint provisional liquidators of Gibson Direct Ltd. Based in Renfrew, near Glasgow, the operator held a number of contracts to provide coach hire to football supporters’ […]
Click on the picture above for a gallery of the Rally After missing two years due to the pandemic, the 66th UK Coach Rally, staged by Coach Displays Ltd, returned to Blackpool seafront for a bracing weekend of competition and celebration. Participants welcomed the opportunity simply to be there and enjoy the regular features of […]
Today trade association UKinbound, which represents over 300 UK tourism businesses that service international tourists visiting the UK (inbound tourism), has released new figures for 2022, showing the industry is beginning to recover. In a March survey of its members, undertaken by Qa Research, over one in three (39%) of respondents stated that international bookings […]
Emma Barber Collins, Director at W.H Barley (Transport & Storage) Ltd has been elected RHA vice-chair. She looks forward to helping lead the RHA as it embarks on its Skills, Facilities and Environment campaigns. She said: “I’m thrilled to be elected to vice-chair at a critical time for our industry. We’re facing some enormous challenges […]
National Express is urging staff, customers and coach enthusiasts to share their memories of the brand as part of celebrations for its 50th anniversary. The submissions will be collected and archived and a selection will feature in an online storybook being created to mark the milestone. Other activities planned to mark the occasion include a […]
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has cut 5p/litre from fuel duty as diesel prices stabilise but remain very high. Alongside the fuel duty reduction, Sunak raised the National Insurance threshold by £3,000 a year and said there would be a future 1p reduction in income tax. With the annual inflation rate at 6.2% and rising fast, […]
The CPT CoachMarque Conference returns to the Radisson Blu East Midlands Airport Hotel this on 10 and 11 April. The first in-person conference in two years, it will welcome back members, suppliers, and other coach operators from across the country, to share best practice and of course look at the road ahead. The conference is […]
Coach operator Richard Bamber, of Anthony’s Travel, was featured this week on the BBC’s Politics Live explaining how the fuel crisis could cripple businesses. The Runcorn operator explained to BBC Political Correspondent, Alex Forsyth, how contracted operations now faced fixed incomes with rapidly-escalating fuel costs which, he said, would be unsustainable. He said that a […]