Rover European Travel has announced it is to cease trading. The COVID-19 crisis was named as the reason behind the closure, resulting in a complete loss of revenue. The Nailsworth, Gloucestershire-based company was managed by Carole and David Hand. A statement on Rover’s Facebook page said: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we […]
The director of Abbot Coach Travel Ltd has regrettably announced the closure of the company with immediate effect, and the loss of 11 jobs. The business, which was incorporated in 1998, had suffered a significant reduction in turnover this year as a direct result of Covid-19 and was impacted following the sad and unfortunate passing […]
Transdev has launched Flyer, a new bus network linking Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford with Leeds Bradford airport. A new partnership between Transdev, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds Bradford Airport is delivering the new Flyer buses. A fleet of Optares are used on the service, which runs seven days a week. They feature wireless and […]
The Metropolitan Police, faced with a clash of events with Extinction Rebellion demonstrating in Westminster, has banned today’s Honk for Hope protest from a large area of central London. An eleventh-hour letter, headed Section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986, warns operators not to stop vehicles, and prevents them entering an area bounded by […]
Go North East has created a ‘Bus Out to Help Out’ offer to help people get out and about and support local restaurants and pubs further. Inspired by the Government’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ initiative, the new offer allows two people to travel for the price of one when buying Go North East’s after […]
Jones Holidays has been recognised for its employees’ help during the lockdown with a Community Champion Award. Jones Holidays of North Wales has been through a difficult six months during the COVID-19 crisis, with unprecedented action having to be taken to cancel holidays through the summer of 2020. However, in March drivers from the North […]
Staffordshire County Council is ensuring extra bus seats are being laid on next month to help children back to school and commuters get to work. An additional 1,160 temporary places are being created on some of the busiest routes where commercial services with seat restrictions in place would not be able to carry all potential […]
An audit into the mapping of potholes in England has been launched. The survey is to be helped by data from on-road businesses such as Uber and Deliveroo. The Department for Transport will work with Gaist, a highway data and mapping company, businesses such as Deliveroo, Uber, Tesco and Ocado, alongside local highway authorities to […]