A warning has been issued to members of the Freight Transport Association (FTA) that the Chancellor could announce increases in fuel duty in his Budget Statement on 8 July. FTA has also renewed its support for the successful FairFuelUK campaign that it founded with the Road Haulage Association in 2011. FTA, together with its partners […]
Ensignbus has commemorated fallen soldiers with a series of bus namings. The operator has named buses after the 26 armed forces personnel on the war memorial at Purfleet, its home town. Their names feature prominently on the outside of the bus, as well as inside with a poster telling how they had died. Whilst many […]
Kinglong Europe has taken its UK franchise back under direct control. The new company formed for this, King Long Europe UK, will be wholly owned by Kinglong Europe. Chris Cassar will be moving over from the King Long European base to lead the restructure for the next 12 months. The disenfranchisement was due to recent […]
West Midland’s transport authority, Centro, has won the Diverse Company in the Public Sector category at the Excellence in Diversity Awards in Manchester. Hosted by BBC Breakfast business presenter, Steph McGovern, the ceremony saw the organisation praised for putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of public transport services and employment practice. This included development […]
National Express West Midlands has launched a £4m new fleet of 18 Euro6 ADL Enviro400s. The vehicles feature extra leg room, free Wi-Fi, high backed leather seats and next stop announcements. The 18 new vehicles, which are running on the 900 and 957 services passing Birmingham airport, should also benefit from road improvements. Birmingham and […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has won the Excellence in Science and Technology Award in the Nottingham Post Business Awards. The accolade recognised the operator’s investment in its real-time technology and Control Room. Manned 24/7, the facility has enabled the operator to make significant enhancements to the running of its bus network. It allows customers to […]
Chris Conway has been appointed as Translink’s new Group Chief Executive. Chris is currently MD of Tata Steel’s sales and distribution business in Ireland; previously he was vice president of operations in Europe for Nortel and MD of Nortel (NI) Ltd. He is Chairman of Northern Ireland Co-operation Overseas and a member of the Board […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Oldham Council are to work together to deliver a project exploring new ways of providing rural communities with more effective, specialist transport links. To be undertaken in Saddleworth, Oldham, the project has secured an £81,000 grant from the government’s Total Transport Pilot Fund. The ‘Oldham Shared Transport’ project will […]