Ellison’s Coaches of Swindon has ordered a second MOBIpeople Explorer 70 seat coach on an MAN RR8 chassis for the 2016 season. The coach, which is identical to the one supplied in 2015, is the 40th order confirmed since the 2014 NEC launch of the Portuguese bodybuilder’s products in UK. Barry Ellison of Ellison’s Coaches […]
Bus use has continued to fall according to DfT’s statistics covering the year ending December 2015. The number of local bus passenger journeys in England was 4.57bn, a 2% decrease overall with London falling 2.2% and England outside London down 1.7%. Comparing the three months October to December 2015 with the same period in 2014, […]
Arriva has teamed up with Stevenage FC to help give football fans even better access to the team’s home matches. For the remainder of the 2015/16 season, followers of the club will be able to board the new Stevenage FC Shuttle match day bus service to get to and from the Broadhall Way home ground […]
As Bristol comes to the end of its year as the European Green Capital, FirstGroup will has pledged to continue to help the city ensure it continues the drive to make public transport cleaner and greener. The operator was a principal partner in the city’s year as the Green Capital. Over the last 12 months, […]
Translink has passed a milestone phase in the Belfast Transport Hub Regeneration Project with the start of demolition works in the main construction site area. John Tinnelly and Sons Ltd has been appointed to complete the demolition of large old warehouses, which signifies the first stage of enabling works aimed at clearing the site for […]
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) International Knowledge Centre has been awarded the Herbert Crow Memorial Award at the recent Carmen Transport Awards ceremony in London. Organised by the Worshipful Company of Carmen, the awards honour the very best in industry, the armed forces, education and individual enterprise. The Herbert Crown Memorial Award […]
Close Brothers Asset Finance is now selling its direct assets via a tailored LinkedIn page aimed at SMEs and other prospective buyers. This is believed to be the first time a provider has promoted these assets via social media. It will see a different item posted every weekday, with full specification details. They are all advertised […]
Lucketts Coaches is one of the companies taking part in the Project Pictogram road safety project. The initiative encourages UK fleets and organisations to use a voluntary industry standard set of vehicle stickers to communicate the dangers of the ‘fatal four plus one’: inappropriate speed, using a mobile phone while driving, not wearing a seatbelt, […]