MAN has announced it is addressing its current cost structures and significantly enhancing efficiency to better respond to market fluctuations in the future and to maintain its high competitive level. The company has launched a Group-wide efficiency program, which includes streamlining administrative functions at MAN Truck and Bus and reorganising truck production. What it describes […]
Devolution has begun in the bus and coach industry, with a deal being struck in Cornwall that will give the local authority more powers over the county’s buses. It comes as part of a package of changes designed to give Cornwall new powers to control local services. The move, which comes without the previously stated […]
A decision has been made by the European Commission concerning the Bus and Coach Association’s urging of an investigation into alleged unfair community transport operation (CTO) funding. The Commission looked at two councils’ CTO funding practices, Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) and Derbyshire County Council (DCC). It concluded that the funding granted by NCC to CTOs […]
Actress and comedienne, Jen Williams, has taken up a sales and marketing role at Belle Vue Manchester. Jen has starred in Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and over 20 films and TV dramas. She has joined the Stockport based company in the newly created position of Travel Consultant. Her links with the operator began last year […]
FirstGroup’s Balfron Depot in Stirlingshire has been named the company’s best depot in Scotland at an internal awards ceremony. The services provided by Balfron and its 40 employees allow customers in isolated villages to access local shopping, education and leisure facilities, as well as providing commuter links to Stirling and Glasgow. Other Midland Bluebird winners […]
Welsh Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, Edwina Hart, has announced the National Transport Finance Plan 2015 for Wales. She claims the proposals strike ‘a good balance between major road investments, improvements to the public transport system and encouraging sustainable travel’. She said the Cardiff Capital Region Metro project will introduce a ‘step change in […]
A public vote has been held over designs for a new Preston bus station. Five anonymous entries were chosen recently by a judging panel and each design proposal has been worked on in more detail based on feedback. The architectural competition is being run by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on behalf of […]
Arriva North East has launched its new ‘Frequenta’ branding, which promotes its high frequency network of services in and out of Darlington. These routes were revamped in May, providing new cross-town links. To officially launch the services, local students from Mount Pleasant Primary School took part in an oversized board game. Frequenta has seen the […]