Coach companies are being urged to be added to a package of business rates relief. The Local Government Association (LGA) has written a letter to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) urging the coach companies are added to business rates relief in the wake of the coronavirus. The move came after guidance […]
HCT Group‘s Chief Executive, Dai Powell, is to retire later this year. Dai has led the organisation since 1993, growing it from a small community transport organisation into a national social enterprise. His retirement has been planned for some time and a successor has already been announced: Lynn McClelland. Currently the CEO Designate at HCT, […]
Truemans Coaches (Fleet) Ltd has entered administration. David Taylor and Paul Ellison, both from KRE Corporate Recovery LLP, were appointed as joint administrators. Based in Ash Vale near Aldershot, Hampshire, the operator provided holidays, excursions and theatre trips. It had a licence for 18 vehicles. A message on the operator’s website said the company will […]
Arcola Energy and Optare Group have launched a hydrogen fuel-cell double-decker for UK and international markets. The Metrodecker H2 hydrogen is built on the existing Optare Metrodecker EV platform. It incorporates a hydrogen fuel-cell powerpack developed by Arcola Energy as a direct replacement for the battery powerpack in the Metrodecker EV. It can carry more […]
Coach operators have made a video to highlight the impact the coronavirus crisis has had on the industry. It raises awareness of the CPT’s #coachcrisis initiative, which aims to secure support for the coach industry as bookings disappear. The video can be viewed here
Go-Ahead-owned Brighton & Hove Buses has found an unlikely source of hand sanitiser for its drivers and other frontline colleagues: a local gin distillery. After exhausting his usual suppliers, the operator’s Stores Manager, Steve Trewin, discovered gin distillery Murray & Yeatman was supplying medical-grade hand sanitiser to vital local service providers and businesses. Brighton & […]
Daimler Buses has converted a Mercedes-Benz Citaro into a special vehicle for the transfer of COVID-19 patients. Converted at the manufacturer’s plant in Neu-Ulm, the bus is now the largest intensive care ambulance in Germany. Special hygiene considerations have been made on the bus, including a disinfectant sprayer for use in the patient compartment once […]
Plans for a UK-built, 3,000-strong hydrogen bus fleet across the country have been revealed by JCB heir Jo Bamford. The man behind the rescue package of Wrightbus says he hopes the move would lead the nations’ economic recovery. The buses would be built at Wrightbus’s factory in Ballymena. Mr Bamford claims his plans are “an […]