Sandy and James Easdale, owners of Greenock based McGill’s Buses, have made an offer for the last remaining shipyard on the river Clyde, according to press reports. The company in question is Ferguson Shipbuilders, which went into administration on 14 August 2014. Blair Nimmo and Tony Friar of KPMG LLP were appointed as Joint Administrators […]
New smart ticketing services were introduced across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield and South Yorkshire zones last week. Two new tickets, TravelMaster 7 and 28 Day tickets are now available as smartcards, offering unlimited travel across the passenger transport network. In addition, 13 smartcard kiosks were introduced at transport interchanges across South Yorkshire where the new […]
A former Engineering Manager at Stagecoach North East has returned to the region as Engineering Director for the local bus operator. Gary Chisholm has taken the new position after previously working for the company as Engineering Manager in South Shields and Stockton, before his most recent role as Engineering Director for Stagecoach West Scotland. After […]
Phil Southall will be appointed MD for the Go-Ahead owned Oxford Bus Company (OBC) as Philip Kirk is stepping down after 20 years with the company. The role incorporates Thames Travel and Carousel Buses. Phil is currently the Operations Director at OBC, moving there from Go North East in 2012. He joined the Go-Ahead Group […]
ES Group is holding an online auction of the assets of Hatts Travel Partnership and Bodman Coaches Partnership, both based in Wiltshire. The company was appointed by FRP Advisory to undertake the auction. The online sale has now commenced and will conclude on 5 September. For sale are ten coaches, including eight Volvos, in addition […]
Bus Users has issued a statement supporting PTEG‘s recent report showing the bus is key to achieving 46 cross-sector policy goals across 12 of the 24 Whitehall departments. The study, entitled ‘Making the connections: The cross-sector benefits of supporting bus services’ points out that buses represent a huge bargain to transport policy makers in achieving […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport’s (CPT) engineering committee has launched two new accreditations this week. The ‘Workshop Accreditation’ assesses operator and dealer workshops against a series of in-depth engineering compliance and health & safety based procedures, and is open to all CPT members who operate a DVSA Approved Testing Facility or carry out bus and […]
Transport engineers, fleet managers and industry experts are set to reveal the latest technologies and thinking to help operators increase fleet efficiency, save fuel and improve compliance at this year’s IRTE Conference. It is scheduled for 17 September at the Hilton at St George’s Park, Burton Upon Trent. Secretary of State for Transport, Claire Perry […]