Scania (Great Britain) Ltd has become the first UK commercial vehicle organisation to achieve accreditation to ISO 45001, the international occupational health and safety management standard. All 46 service centres in the Scania (Great Britain) Limited network, plus the company’s Milton Keynes Customer Support Centre are now operating in accordance with the parameters laid down […]
Former Head of Marketing and PR at Automechanika Birmingham, Susan Fairley, has been appointed by ITT Hub 2021. She will be taking on the role of Marketing & Communications Director at the road transport sector event. Susan will be tasked with leading the delivery of the multichannel event campaign for ITT Hub at Farnborough International […]
Bakers Dolphin has moved all its vehicles to a new indoor facility. Its former parking area is being re-developed for housing. This is the first step in a major investment by the business in a new purpose-built headquarters within Weston-super-Mare, where it has operated for more than 100 years. The fleet has been moved from […]
UNVI is to build its SIL double-deck coach model in right-hand drive for the UK market, with a class-leading 97 seats. The UNVI SIL coach which was exhibited at the last Busworld, in Brussels, is a tri-axle 14m with 67 upper-deck seats and a front-door, wheelchair-accessible lower saloon meeting PSVAR demands. It has a 9m3 […]
The industry’s biennial exhibition, Euro Bus Expo, has been postponed a full year, and its 2020 awards event cancelled. Show organiser Diversified Communications UK now says the trade show for the coach, bus and minibus sector will now be held on 26 – 28 October, 2021 at the NEC Birmingham. Bus and Coach Buyer has […]
ZF Friedrichshafen AG has completed the acquisition of commercial vehicle technology supplier WABCO. It has now gained approval from all required regulatory authorities. With the addition of WABCO, ZF’s focus will be on expanding its commercial vehicle service portfolio and on operating customer business. In the future, WABCO will operate as an independent division, Commercial […]
A study into the spread of COVID-19 in Germay is being conducted on the VDL Bus & Coach-built Medibuses of Deutsche Bahn. By using the Medibuses, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has access to high-quality laboratory environments, which can also be flexibly deployed in different locations. The Medibuses for Deutsche Bahn were built by VDL […]
