Shearings Leisure Group’s CEO, Denis Wormwell, is to leave the business at the end of the year to pursue a non-executive career. Group CFO and Deputy CEO, Gary Speakman, is to lead the business until a successor is announced. Denis joined the business almost a decade ago and led the management buyout of the business […]
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has laid out detailed proposals for delivering the Central London Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in 2019, a year ahead of schedule. He has also set out plans for extending the ULEZ to the North and South Circular roads in 2019 or later and started the formal consultation necessary to introduce […]
Arriva has introduced 18 ADL Enviro400s to Southend, representing an investment of £3.8m. The vehicles have free 4G Wi-Fi, USB charging points and 73 seats upholstered in E-Leather. They will run between Rayleigh, Thundersley, Hadleigh, Leigh, Westcliff, Southend, Southchurch, Bournes Green, Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness. They feature ‘stop-start’ technology that reduces fuel consumption by stopping […]
Go-Ahead owned Salisbury Reds has launched ‘The Stonehenge Tour’, which runs from Salisbury Rail Station and the city centre, through to Stonehenge itself and then onto Old Sarum on the return journey. The firm has invested in new ADL Enviro400 MMCs, fitted with individual headphones for the passenger commentary that was developed in close consultation […]
Representing an investment of over £5m, Stagecoach North East has welcomed a fleet of 24 new ADL Enviro400 MMCs. At the official launch, newly appointed Stagecoach North East MD, Steve Walker, in his formal first engagement for the company unveiled one of the new buses at the Green Transport Event at Newcastle’s Quorum Business Park. […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has been awarded ‘hero’ status by a new national campaign for fair fares for under-18s. The campaign is run by two 16 year olds, who became fed up of the way travel companies charge adult fares to teenagers still in education. NCT won the accolade for moving the adult ticket threshold […]
Figures from First Manchester have revealed patronage on its Vantage guided busway continues to grow, with 45,000 people a week now on board. Since starting in April, the service has carried over 940,000 people in total. A Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) survey suggested fewer cars are on the road thanks to the service, with […]
Go South Coast which operates Poole-based Morebus, has stepped in to buy Excelsior Coaches following the decision by former owner Ken Robins to retire and exit the business. ‘We are delighted to have the opportunity of continuing and developing this excellent coach operation under the Excelsior name from the existing depot in Bournemouth,’ said Go […]