Bus and coach registrations in April this year were up 35.5% compared to the same month last year, according to SMMT figures. This has lead to a rolling year total of 7,861, a 4% rise. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘April saw a large number of bus and coach orders hit the road resulting […]
Siemens’ Financial Services unit (SFS) has appointed Martyn Bellis, previously of Mistral Bus and Coach, as its Business Development Manager, Bus & Coach Finance. Siemens already has a presence in the PSV finance market, with its technology utilised in a range of hybrid engine systems. Martyn is expected to further expand the business’s financing portfolio […]
The former Southdown Motor Services Ltd, now part of Stagecoach South, will be celebrating its 100th birthday in 2015 with a rally on Southsea Common, Portsmouth on 7 June. The event, organised by the Southdown 100 Group, will include a large display of current and former Southdown vehicles with a free vintage bus service operating […]
According to a survey conducted by passenger transport research specialists, The TAS Partnership, Stagecoach is Britain’s best value major bus operator for the third successive time. The organisation’s National Fares Survey 2013 also found the average price of a three mile bus journey has fallen in real terms over the last two years, despite reductions […]
Translink, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC), has announced that David Strahan has been appointed as its new Group Chief Executive. David is currently Chief Executive of Dee Valley Group Plc whose principal activity is the supply of drinking water to domestic and business customers in north east Wales and the north west of England. […]
First Bus has become the latest addition to Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games Sponsor Family. The operator has become the ‘Official Supporter – Bus Services’ for the Games. The company’s network across the city will be supplemented by designated spectator shuttle services linking principal Games venues within the city centre.
In an Interim Management Statement for the period from 29 December 2013 to 30 April 2014, Group Chief Executive of Go-Ahead, David Brown, said he was ‘pleased’ with the overall performance of his company. In its deregulated bus operations, it reported solid underlying revenue growth, which it claims has been driven by rises in passenger […]
In its financial report for the first quarter of the year, MAN said it was ‘cautiously optimistic’ about fiscal year 2014. It reported a significant increase in its Group operating profit despite a slight decrease in order intake and lower sales revenue. All of the MAN Group’s divisions returned to profitability. MAN Truck & Bus’s […]