Nottingham City Council claims citywide measures already underway to improve air quality mean a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is no longer being considered in the city. Cllr Sally Longford, Portfolio Holder for Energy and Environment, said existing measures would reduce air pollution to below the legal limit, without the need for a Nottingham CAZ. Projects […]
Greater Manchester Buses (South) – (Stagecoach Manchester) has been ordered to pay £41,000 to former employee Jayson Andrews for discrimination and harassment, by the Manchester Employment Tribunal. Driver Andrews, who has a disability, suffered discrimination and harassment, because his shift pattern affected his life-threatening condition (which remains confidential). He resigned from Stagecoach, after struggling to maintain […]
Lancashire based independent dealer, BASE, has agreed to develop the 74-seat MOBIpeople Explorer on the Scania nine-litre K320 chassis. The first example will be exhibited at the Euro Bus Expo 2018 at the NEC, 30 October to 1 November. The Explorer range is currently available from BASE with MAN chassis. General Manager at BASE, Nick […]
Stagecoach has delivered a strong set of full-year results, but with an underlying downward trend, which has seen a slide in operating profit, profit before tax, margins and earnings per share. In a year which has seen a withdrawal from Megabus Europe, an exit from Sightseeing in New York, tender losses in London and the […]
Baumot UK in partnership with Mistral Asset Finance is offering a funding structure to enable bus and coach operators to carry out a Euro VI upgrade to their fleets. The funding structure enables operators who want to upgrade their fleet but who are reluctant to spend the capital cost to fit the new systems for upcoming […]
Carlyle Bus & Coach has strengthened its existing glazing business with a partnership with Reglaze Specialist Bus & Coach Glazing. The alliance will aim to expand on the glazing business and will continue to cover all areas of the UK and Europe with a 24-hour operation. With an extensive amount of stock held in various […]
Coventry-based Harry Shaw has won a contract worth around £9.5m over five years. Comprising of 24 coach services, it will see the operator transport students to and from Reaseheath College in the outskirts of Nantwich, Cheshire. The network of free home to college transport will start in September. The routes will link students to the […]
Reading Buses has placed the first-ever order for the Optare Metrodecker Euro VI. The operator has requested five of the double-deckers to operate on the Green Line 702 route between London and Windsor. They are due for delivery in June 2019 ahead of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) coming into operation. Optare and […]