Eastern Transport Holdings Ltd (ETH) intends to acquire the business operations of The Galloway Travel Group (GTG) on 30 November 2016. ETH shares common ownership with Stephensons of Essex Ltd. This recent announcement follows a period of close communication and discussion with the directors of ETH, as the retiring directors of GTG are keen to […]
Graham Belgum has been appointed President of Optare Group, taking on the strategic and operational leadership role at the company and reporting to the Head of Global Bus at Ashok Leyland. He joined Optare on 2 March 2015 as Business Process Excellence and Aftermarket Director. Since then, he has been instrumental in delivering a series of […]
The bus industry is being asked to demonstrate how it is rising to the challenges of the modern technology-driven consumer society in the 2016 UK Bus Awards. Nominations are now open for the Awards which have undergone a number of changes including the replacement of the Innovation Award with a new category, New Horizons. Making […]
Nominations for the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) 2016 Low Carbon Champions Awards open in the week beginning 11 April. The Awards celebrate organisations that have made a real difference in the area of low carbon road transport. There are seven categories, ranging from cars to innovation and from fuels to publications. The winners will […]
Motorists are being advised to expect delays on both carriageways of the M74 between junctions four and five, Maryville and Raith, from 2 April for approximately eight days, as part of the £500m M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project. In addition, a stretch of the M74 between Bothwell and Uddingston will be reduced from three […]
MAN has displayed two new vehicles for the South African market at the Southern African Bus Operators Association (SABOA) conference. One was the MAN Lion’s Explorer is a 65-seater built on the MAN HB 3 chassis with 350hp D20 engine at the MAN plant in Olifantsfontein. The other featured the CLA chassis produced in India […]
Underfunding, severe weather and increased traffic are relentlessly undermining the resilience of the local road network in England and Wales, according to the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA). The Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey, published by AIA, paints what it describes as an ‘unsettling picture’ and indicates that further decline lies ahead for the […]
The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) has released its 2015 Annual Report, the first year of the scheme under the management of the FORS Community Partnership. FORS experienced an overwhelming growth across the UK in 2015, with a 32% increase in accredited operators in the scheme open to operators of vans, lorries, mini-buses, coaches and […]