Nottingham based Hino Travel has acquired Biddulph, Stoke on Trent based Bakers Travel. The new owners provide ‘high-standard and leisure travel’ services to Chinese students, scholars and business travellers in the UK. They have already started to implement growth strategies at Bakers, with Debbie Windle being named Public Relations Officer. The company is starting to […]
Bus and coach registrations in November rose 8.4% from the same month last year to 681 units, the month’s highest total since 2007. This lead to a rolling year total of 8,874, up 18%. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘Although November saw more moderate growth than in previous months, the UK bus and coach […]
New home for Showbus Showbus has a new home. Donington Park in Derbyshire has been named as the new venue for the event. The first edition of the show at the new location is set to take place on 25 September 2016. Volvo takes hybrids to India Volvo has become the first to introduce hybrid […]
Plans to extend the Fastlink bus project within Glasgow city centre have been agreed by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Glasgow City Council. The £3.14m package of works was announced by the Minister for Transport and Islands, Derek MacKay, at the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) UK conference held in Glasgow recently. This latest stage […]
A new 40 strong TfL team of Road and Transport Enforcement Officers is being deployed to key traffic routes across London to crack down on congestion. Tasked with helping deal with problems such as illegal stopping or unloading of deliveries, which can cause delays to drivers and bus passengers, it will work closely with the […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched a public consultation on a proposed new bus station for Wigan. The facility is planned to have: a covered concourse with an enhanced waiting environment; an improved Travelshop; high quality, fully accessible public toilets and baby change facilities; as well as a new public realm with seating and […]
Wales’ First Minister, Carwyn Jones, has launched a publicity campaign for a new Metro system for South Wales. The scheme is designed to implement a substantial increase in speed and frequency of public transport in the area, using a combination of heavy rail, light rail and bus rapid transit, as well as other infrastructure improvements […]
Prospect trade union members at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) are to strike every Friday indefinitely over a pay, terms and conditions dispute with management. As we went to press, no agreement had yet been reached over it. The industrial action will further disrupt frontline activities such as annual tests for heavy goods […]