A training scheme to boost coach driver numbers is expected to begin soon, giving Somerset area operators relief from a local driver shortage. In conjunction with Somerset County Council and Weston College, the Confederation of Passenger Transport is creating a 12-month induction programme at Yeovil College which hopes to introduce younger people to the industry […]
Sittingbourne-based Chalkwell has introduced Distinctive Systems’ Tour Booking System for its DayBreaks and Holidays packages. Chalkwell says the system is a complete management solution for individual passenger reservations on extended tours and day excursions. It is in daily use with nearly 200 operators and handles two million passengers a year. Chalkwell’s Head of Sales and […]
Sussex-based A&A Travel is currently in the process of seeking a bigger operating base to fit its expanding operation. It has grown from four operating licences to 11 and its fleet has increased from four to 16 vehicles in recent times. The company’s Nicholas Young said the biggest period of expansion for the business has […]
UK government has stated its support of community transport in its response to the Transport Select Committee’s report into the area. In the response to the report, the government said that within the existing legal framework, the government wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for […]
Nick Jones, the Traffic Commissioner for Wales, has refused to grant Express Motors (Caernarfon) Ltd a passenger transport licence, concluding that the business fell “well short” of meeting the requirements. The request for the licence was made by Mrs Rhian Wyn Davies, the daughter of former owners, Eric and Jean Jones, whose brothers Kevin and […]
Shearings Holidays is adding 30 new Mercedes-Benz Tourismos to its fleet. To the company’s Celebration Class specification, the coaches are due to be delivered to the operator in May. The new vehicles are part of the business’s ongoing vehicle renewal programme. Each coach is individually named after loyal customers and drivers both past and present […]
Timberbush Tours is celebrating 20 years of touring in 2018 and has just invested £1.2m in nine new coaches. Timberbush has purchased a new 47-seater MAN Barbie Galileo 47-seater from BASE Coach Sales. Mercedes-Benz make up the rest of the compliment, with three Atego based Indcar 33-seaters purchased from Moseley Distributors and two 19-seater and […]
Till Oberwörder has been named as the new Head of Daimler Buses and Chief Executive of EvoBus GmbH as of 1 April 2018. He succeeds Hartmut Schick, who will take over responsibility for Daimler Trucks Asia on the same date. Till has been Head of Marketing, Sales and Services Mercedes‑Benz Trucks since 1 July 2015. […]