Trade bodies in the bus and coach industry have got together to issue a joint statement concerning fuel prices. The issuing of the statement follows a meeting by the organisations yesterday (21 March 2022) to discuss the issue. The statement said: “As we approach the Spring Statement, the coach industry is coming together to ask […]
Go North East has been named a winner at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Annual Awards for Excellence awards. The Go-Ahead-owned operator fought off stiff competition from fellow finalists TfL and Reading Buses to win the award for Passenger Transport Excellence. More than 300 guests gathered for the awards ceremony, held at […]
Joey Liversidge from Huddersfield-based Stotts Coaches has been crowned National Express ‘Driver of the Year’. He took the title after swapping his uniform for race overalls at the PalmerSport track in Bedford to fight off competition from 20 other National Express coach drivers at the annual Driver of the Year showdown. The Driver of the […]
Switch Mobility has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the upcoming creation of its new manufacturing facility in Valladolid, Spain. The ceremony was attended by Raquel Sanchez Jimenez, Hon. Minister for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda; Alfonso Fernandez Mañueco, President of the Region of Castilla y León and Oscar Puente, Mayor of Valladolid. The foundation […]
Chief Executive of Wrightbus, Buta Atwal, has joined a movement aimed at driving action to better engage and support all underrepresented groups within business. He joins bosses of Marks & Spencer, the Co-op Group, Unilever, Superdrug and others in signing the ‘CEO Activist & Moving the Dial on Diversity Pledge’. “Diversity is essential for a […]
Transport fabric designer and manufacturer, Camira is heralding an industry first with its new Camira Print product. The new product expands Camira’s offering to encompass digital printing, which provides customers with what the company describes as an unparalleled level of flexibility and freedom when choosing the optimal textile for their bus or coach interior. Removing many […]
David Fricker, formerly of North Somerset Coaches, is delivering a coach-load of teddy bears, clothes and medicine to benefit Ukrainian refugees in Hungary. The idea came to David when he encountered Ukrainian refugees while on the way back from a short break in Budapest. He spent time volunteering for the Hungarian Reform Charity. When he […]
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 […]