After ten years with People 1st, Brian Wisdom has announced his intention to move on from his position as CEO in the latter half of 2014. He will remain as an ambassador for the passenger transport and tourism skills and workforce development charity, providing continuity and an extended handover period for the organisation. Having led […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is to withdraw its services 37 (City – Castle Boulevard – QMC – Beeston) and 14 (City to Queen’s Medical Centre Forecourt) from 30 March 2014 after both have run at a loss for around a year. The 37’s had been linked to Broadmarsh and the City Loop for better connections […]
First Eastern Counties has internally promoted two of its long serving managers. Chris Speed has taken on the new role of Business Manager, which will see him working closely with local management at depot level, providing support and encouragement on developing new ideas and progressing the existing operation. He has worked for First for 15 […]
Funding worth £189m for the free bus travel scheme across Wales has been announced by Welsh Transport Minister, Edwina Hart. The new three year package follows an independent review of how bus operators should be reimbursed for offering free travel to more than 720,000 concessionary pass holders in Wales. Edwina Hart said, ‘Since April 2002, […]
Lothian Buses has scooped the Sustainable Development award at this year’s Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. Held at the city’s Sheraton Hotel, the awards are in their third year and celebrate the contribution local businesses make to the capital. With a total investment of over £12m into environmental improvements, the operator was recognised for […]
Following his departure from Lloyds Coaches of Machynlleth, Richard Jones has been appointed as the General Manager of Penygroes, Caernarfon based Express Motors. Richard has already had a new professional e-mail address created for the firm ([email protected]), as well as a new presence on Facebook and Twitter. Express Motors was established in 1909, having been […]
Teresa Broxton has been appointed as the new MD for First Manchester. Teresa joined First in 1998 and has held the position of Finance Director for First in the North of England since 2011. More recently she has championed the business transformation programme in the region which has driven up passenger volumes by 14% since […]
Steve Pickup retired on 31 January after a career spanning 47 years with Plaxton and ADL. Starting as an apprentice coachbuilder at what was then the Seamer Road plant of Plaxton in Scarborough, he progressed to selling coaches across most of the south of England and Midlands for ADL. After 11 years in the factory, […]