National Express has become the first private transport group to pay the higher, voluntary Living Wage in the West Midlands. As well as pledging to pay all UK direct employees, the operator will also be ensuring the same for all agency and contracted staff. Its bus division has been paying the wage since 3 January […]
Coach Hire Comparison is holding a National Conference on 19 January 2016. The event will see the introduction of a new design for the coach booking website, as well as what it describes as an industry changing development it has been working on for the past six months. The company is also to launch an […]
First Kernow has purchased various assets and contracts from Webbers Coaches, a small operation in Cornwall. The transaction was completed on 5 January and includes the lease of the existing depot in Bodmin, a number of school contracts operated on behalf of Cornwall Council, four of the vehicles used by the business and the transfer […]
Following last week’s announcement that 150 West Midland buses are to be fitted with clean air technology after winning nearly £500,000 of Clean Bus funding, National Express West Midlands (NXWM) has announced further investment into the region’s fleet. NXWM is to spend another £2.2m of match funding to upgrade a further 123 buses, all of […]
Brighton & Hove Buses has claimed its successful partnership work with Brighton & Hove City Council and other bus operators has led to nearly £500,000 of funding from the government’s Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015. The money will enable 35 buses to be fitted with technology that will reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by up to […]
In partnership with DfT, Bristol City Council and University of the West of England (UWE), First West of England has introduced two ADL Enviro400 plug in hybrid electrics in Bristol. The buses use Geo-Fencing GPS technology to run on pure electric mode in areas of low air quality such as Gloucester Road, producing zero emissions. […]
Bus and coach registrations have had their best year since 2008, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Registrations rose 22.8% to 9,025 at the end of 2015. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘2015 has been a very positive year for the British bus and coach market, with registrations increasing by […]
Multi-operator smartcards accepted by the UK’s five largest operating groups have now been rolled out in all of England’s major city regions. These allow travel on different bus operators’ vehicles in their respective metropolitan area: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands, South and West Yorkshire, or in the cities of Nottingham, Leicester and […]