A local newspaper has reported the loss of Eddie Harker, founder and co-owner of Harker’s Coaches, based in Tudor Road, South Shields. The firm has traded for more than 50 years, and is now run by his son, Jason, who joined the family business back in 1986. Eddie set the company up after a spell […]
Administrators have been appointed at Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses. The affects of Covid-19 and the associated changes to lifestyle habits, with more working remotely and some people still being reluctant to travel on public transport, were blamed for the appointment of administrators. A statement on its website said this had contributed to severely reduced passenger numbers […]
Stagecoach has confirmed the future of the retailing activities of its inter-city coach businesses, megabus.com and Falcon. Both megabus.com and Falcon are Stagecoach’s 100%-owned inter-city coach operations. In addition, Stagecoach has a joint venture, Scottish Citylink, with international transport group, ComfortDelGro. The joint venture is responsible for the Scottish Citylink express coach network and megabus.com […]
TfL and Hodder & Stoughton are launching the new TfL Book Club as part of a novel partnership. TfL Book Club is a monthly subscription costing £4.99 each month, giving customers one credit to redeem against a specially curated library of eBooks each month. Many of the titles will be new releases and it will often be the first […]
Buses Minister, Baroness Vere of Norbiton, has launched Go-Ahead Group’s ‘Tap & Cap’ scheme on its buses in Cornwall. The scheme implements a cap on daily and weekly fares. Passengers tap their card when they get on the bus, and tap again when they alight, and are charged the correct fare automatically. Go-Ahead’s Go Cornwall […]
McCarron Coates is offering the industry some tough love in the form of a consumer survey. The coach insurance broker has commissioned a consumer research survey, which it says suggests the coach sector needs to act fast, change its thinking and marketing strategies and align itself with what the current customer wants, if it is […]
Transdev-owned Team Pennine is running a boosted service between Halifax and Rochdale. The operator only used to run the route on Sundays, but is now taking on all the weekday journeys as well, with a new timetable featuring departures every hour Monday to Saturday, and four trips each way on Sunday. The bus firm is […]
Gillingham’s Hollands and Blair FC football school for under four-, five- and six-year-olds is being sponsored by The Kings Ferry. Part of National Express Transport Solutions, the operator will be the main sponsor for the school in the upcoming season following a £2,000 donation. The money will be used to buy new kits and equipment. […]