Scotland’s largest independent coach operator, Park’s of Hamilton, has placed a record-breaking order with Volvo Bus for 39 new vehicles – the largest in Volvo’s UK history. Park’s has plumped for: ten B11R Jonckheeres, two of which will be used for corporate and football team work; ten B11R Plaxton Elites; two B8R Plaxton Leopard 70-seaters; […]
The five-page letter sent on 9 November lists activity is views as ‘non-commercial’ – allowable under Section 19 guidance – and suggests community transport holders running commercial work set up a new undertaking with O licensing to separate the work. It says CTOs who can demonstrate they are taking ‘urgent steps’ to change their operating […]
A second Transport Select Committee hearing on the Section 19/22 guidance issue is due to be heard on the afternoon of Monday, 27 November, Bus & Coach Buyer has been told. The first hearing (see BCB 1456, 17 November) included representatives of the CPT, Bus and Coach Association, Community Transport Association, Mobility Matters and a […]
Hugh ‘Hughie’ Jones Hugh (Hughie) Jones of Jones Executive Coach Hire of Manchester died on Saturday 11th November after a short illness. “My dad started our business in November 1970 as an off shoot of his brothers travel agency C & V Jones Travel and continued to run the business on a part time basis […]
A coach driver and de-facto operator of Barcroft Coaches of St Leonards has been disqualified from professional driving for four years after admitting falsifying his tachograph records. Deputy Traffic Commissioner for London and the South East of England, John Baker, made the order against Peter Warren’s vocational driving licence after concluding that he had worked […]
New legal powers to give the North an unprecedented say on how money is spent on transport were announced this week by Transport Minister Jesse Norman. Pioneering legislation to transform TfN into the first ever statutory sub-national transport body – with legal powers and duties – were laid in Parliament, underlining the government’s commitment to […]
Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association, Bill Freeman, has told the Transport Select Committee that the industry has been ‘bullying’ councils into dropping transport contracts held by its members. The Transport Select Committee hearing on Monday (13 November) heard evidence from the Confederation of Passenger Transport’s Steven Salmon; The Bus and Coach Association’s Martin […]
Pelican Bus & Coach has recruited Ian Downie to lead its bus sales operation. Ian has 35 years of experience within the bus industry, having held senior positions at Volvo Bus and more recently as MD of Wrightbus. His appointment follows the launch of the zero emission E12 bus and the imminent arrival of the […]