Shropshire-based Dulson Training has teamed with Lakeside Coaches to develop a training programme for operators across the country. The brainchild of Dulson Training, the pilot project took place with Lakeside Coaches. The new service centres on Driver CPC and is now being made available to other operators who are already recognising the benefits. Dulson Training […]
An independent report commissioned and released by Stagecoach suggests the majority of motorists are open to using their car less. The report, ‘Every journey makes a difference: how we can support people switch how they travel’, sets out the financial, environmental and community benefits of reduced car use and calls for co-ordinated action from government, […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport has announced that Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGill’s Bus Group, will continue as CPT’s President until the end of January 2024, with a one-year extension to his current term. Ralph Roberts has over 40 years of knowledge of the transport sector. Roberts has spent the past 13 years as Chief […]
Managing Director of East Yorkshire, Ben Gilligan, has warned against plans to reverse an extension to Hull’s bus lane hours. A Hull City Council survey has suggested most people are of the view that the city’s bus lanes operating hours should return to peak times in one direction, rather than remain all day in both […]
Almost half of UK adults are set to take the bus more frequently in a bid to save money as the cost-of-living crisis begins to take its toll on household incomes, according to a report carried out by First. The report found 41% of those that have not yet made the change in their travel […]
Britain’s new bus and coach market fell 11.6% year on year to 754 units in the third quarter of 2022, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The performance is some 43.7% below an already weak Q3 2019, primarily due to a long-term decline in passenger numbers yet to […]
Mellor has secured a conquest export order with Nobina, the leading public transport operator for Sweden and the Nordic region, which has ordered four new Sigma 7 all-electric. Deliveries are being fulfilled in November through Mellor’s Swedish distributor partner, BK Invest. The Mellor/BK Invest partnership has successfully delivered Mellor products in the region for over […]
Blackpool Transport is celebrating after winning the coveted UK Bus Operator of the Year Award at the UK Bus Awards in London. The company was also named the winner of the Gold Award in the Top Shire Operator category before fending off competition from Diamond Bus North West and Hertfordshire-based operator Uno to win the […]