As part of a three year project with Nottingham City Council, Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has applied for a £6.5m grant from the OLEV (Office for Low Emission Vehicles) Low Emission Bus Scheme. The money would complement a £19m investment being made by NCT to introduce 82 bio-gas double deckers to the fleet over three […]
As part of a wider restructuring in Arriva, Mark Bowd has become Arriva Midlands’ new MD following the departure of former MD, Alex Perry. Although Mark has not held the Arriva Midlands MD role before, he is familiar with the area, having been MD of Arriva Fox County. This latter operation has since merged into […]
According to a recent update on trading from Stagecoach, its business has been ‘consistent’ with its management’s expectations. There is no change to the adjusted earnings per share that it was anticipating for the year ending 30 April 2016. Like-for-like revenue growth for the company’s UK Bus regional operations for the 24 weeks ended 17 […]
Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has provisionally announced there will be a 30% average cut to the DfT’s spending over the next four years. Making the announcement prior to the upcoming Spending Review, the decision was part of a wider cost cutting exercise affecting other government departments, including: the Department for Environment, Food and […]
It has been the best October since 2008 for bus and coach registrations, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Registrations rose 26.2% in October, with 785 in total, making for a rolling year figure of 8,821, a 17.4% increase. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘Strong demand for converted buses up […]
The Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, Joan Aitken, has presented CPT’s Bus & Coach Engineering Manager Accreditation to six of the McGill’s Buses team. Designed by CPT in conjunction with People 1st, the accreditation, assesses bus and coach Engineering Managers against a series of new professional standards, whilst allowing them to demonstrate they have the necessary […]
New MAN minibus MAN Truck & Bus is to introduce a new light commercial van, of which there will be a minibus version. Designated as MAN TGE, the new range of MAN light commercial vehicles was developed by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and will be built together with its twin Volkswagen Crafter in the newly-built plant […]
Arriva Merseyside and a number of partners joined forces to host an event at Liverpool University on the dangers of cycling within buses’ blind spots. Representatives from Merseytravel, Sustrans, Sefton Council, Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police supported Arriva at the University campus to highlight the issues bus drivers encounter with cyclists travelling within their […]