A ‘significant and successful’ year is how Go-Ahead described its performance in the past 12 months ended 28 June 2014. Having won the UK’s largest rail franchise, the operator also reported good progress towards its goal of a bus operating profit of £100m by 2015/16. Group revenue was up to £2,702.4m (2013: 2,571.8m) and operating […]
Dr William Wright CBE, founder of Wrightbus, has been announced as the 2014 Innovation Founder, an award celebrating the achievements of some of Northern Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs. The accolade is part of the Northern Ireland Science Park Connect INVENT2014 Awards. It recognises distinction in founding, leading or building an eminent local technology or life […]
Over 1,000 local authority vehicles are set to be given pollution reducing technologies after Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, announced successful bidders for the £5m Clean Vehicle Technology Fund (CVTF). Seventeen local authorities have been awarded a share of the grants. Vehicles involved in the funding total 1,163 and include buses, coaches, taxis and emergency vehicles. […]
Buses are failing to support the 360,000 blind and partially sighted people in the UK, with only a limited number of buses fitted with audio-visual (AV) technology, according to Guide Dogs. The charity claims 19% of buses have AV technology, with the majority of these (97%) in Greater London. A new survey by the organisation […]
EYMS’s Customer Services Supervisor, Brian Page, has been voted viewers’ favourite character from Channel 5’s On the Yorkshire Buses TV show. The poll was run by local newspaper, Hull Daily Mail, which saw almost 900 people vote. With 34.8% of the vote, it was a narrow victory, with driver, retired bank manager and bus fanatic, […]
Bus and coach registrations in August this year fell 51.4% to 237 units, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). However, the year-to-date figure remains what SMMT describes as ‘stable’, with a 0.3% drop to 4,836. The rolling year total was up 8.1% at 7,692. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, […]
New research for transport campaign group, Greener Journeys, shows every £1 spent on free bus travel for older and disabled people generates over £2.87 of benefits for society and the wider economy. According to the research by KPMG LLP, taking away the bus pass could cost the UK economy in excess of £1.7bn a year […]
Stagecoach North East has welcomed new Operations Manager, Laura Smith, to the team at its Sunderland bus depot. Laura was previously Operations Manager for Stagecoach in Cheltenham and the Cotswolds, which involved running both sites simultaneously and managing over 180 employees. She will be responsible for the 89 buses and 203 drivers around the Wearside […]