Lucketts Travel Group was named ‘Large Business of the Year’ by Portsmouth daily newspaper, The News, at its prestigious Business Excellence Awards. The company was praised by the Business Excellence Awards judges for its financial results, increases in staff numbers and its investment in training. Since 2010/11 Lucketts Travel Group’s turnover has increased 56%, from […]
Aberdeen’s hydrogen production and bus refuelling station has been officially opened, as part of a £19m green transport demonstration project. Described as a UK first, the equipment will fuel ten Van Hool hydrogen fuel cell buses, six of which will be operated by Stagecoach on the X17 Aberdeen city centre to Westhill route, while First […]
MAN has released its financial figures for 2014. At group level, the company increased its operating profit in 2014. This is attributable to the significantly improved profitability of its large motors and machines business. In truck and bus business, the order intake value of buses rose to €1,497m/£1,070m (2013: €1,332m/£952.8m) representing 5,682 units (2013: 5,368 […]
Finalists for the 2015 UK Coach Awards have been announced. Go to www.ukcoachawards.co.uk to see who the possible winners are. A total of 33 people, projects and organisations are on the list, across 11 categories covering the planning, promotion and operation of coach services. The final results will be announced at the Annual Presentation Ceremony […]
Fuel Duty is to be frozen and the Severn Crossing toll is to be reduced, according to the latest Budget. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced the Budget earlier today (18 March). It is the final one before the general election in May. Fuel duty has been frozen for another year. The Fuel Duty […]
Potteries operator, D&G Bus, has acquired Stoke-on-Trent based Wardle Transport from Arriva Midlands. All relevant contracts have been signed and staff informed. The formal take over is expected to take place on 9 May 2015. Discussions concerning the deal have been taking place for the last three months, with Arriva originally approaching D&G Bus for […]
Western Greyhound ceased trading on 13 March 2015. The Summercourt, Cornwall based operator closed due to financial and insurance problems. A letter penned by Michael Bishop, who stepped in and bought the operation last December, and handed out to staff, was quoted from in a local newspaper. After mentioning in the letter that his priority […]
Over £3m in funding has been announced for seven towns and cities to fit green technology to existing buses. This is to help improve air quality and create a better environment for residents and visitors. The funding is the latest tranche of support from the Clean Vehicle Technology Fund, which has retrofitted more than 1,650 […]