Lucketts MD, Tony Lawman, said the acquisition of the Ringwood-based operation gives Lucketts an extra 12 coaches to add to its fleet of around 130 vehicles and provides a strategic base for the company on the edge of the New Forest. As part of the acquisition all 19 staff of Solent Coaches will be taken […]
Managing Director of Surface Transport for London, Leon Daniels, has told the Transport Select Committee that loss of community transport services such as Dial-A-Ride would cause significant problems. In the second oral evidence session looking into the impact of the DfT’s new guidance for Section 19/22 operators, the committee – chaired by Lilian Greenwood MP […]
The deal secures investment for the website to roll out its suite of apps for drivers, parents and school staff to safeguard pupils on their way to and from school. Founded in 2011, CoachHire.com provides technology-led passenger transport services, vehicle tracking and passenger safeguarding solutions to the education, corporate and leisure sectors nationwide through its […]
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 […]