A ministerial statement in a House of Commons debate on tourism this week has offered a small ray of light for those coach tour operators who have not been successful in gaining access to Covid grants because they don’t have a retail premises selling direct to consumers. Minister Nigel Huddleston acknowledged that coach tour operators […]
The NHS and Metrobus launched one of the UK’s first Covid-19 Mobile Vaccination Units in a bus in Crawley, targeting hard-to-reach and vulnerable communities. Metrobus and the Alliance for Better Care, which represents GPs across Crawley, Horsham, mid-Sussex and East Surrey, teamed up to provide a self-contained, clean and safe location for vaccinations to take […]
While in Europe we are reaching the final valley before taking the highway uphill, in some parts of the world the virus has been contained. The only way is the way forward. The Busworld team takes this very literally, its normal preparations are going full speed ahead. The media campaigns are being booked and will […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has welcomed the announcement by the New Zealand Government of $50 million funding to help councils fully decarbonise their public transport bus fleet by 2035. ADL is to build zero-emission buses in New Zealand in cooperation with local partner Kiwi Bus Builders, creating jobs and adding value to the local economy. […]
National Express has welcomed new legislation coming into force on 1 February 2021 banning the use of tyres over ten years old on buses, coaches, minibuses and HGVs. The transport provider has put its full support behind the change that will make it illegal to operate any Public Service Vehicles, including coaches, with tyres over […]
Sittingbourne-based Chalkwell Coach Hire have successfully bid for funding under the Government’s Kickstart scheme. The scheme was launched as a way of getting 16-24 year olds into work who would otherwise be unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The scheme covers the wages for each placement at National minimum wage for 25 hours per week, […]
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has delivered two Enviro200 low-emission buses to family-owned Scottish bus operator Prentice of Haddington. The 10.8m long buses are fitted with ADL’s award-winning SmartPack efficient diesel technology, developed in-house by the manufacturer. This saves fuel and reduces emissions by combining engine stop/start and electrically driven cooling fans with the smart management […]
The world’s first fleet of double decker hydrogen buses officially launched into service today (Thursday, 28th January) in Aberdeen. Run by First Bus in a project led by Aberdeen City Council, the Wrightbus hydrogen buses represent a major step forward in reducing climate change, as cities across the world witness how far innovation in the […]