A North American placement has for the first time been built into FirstGroup’s UK based Graduate Management Scheme. Two of its graduates are set to spend six month placements there as part of a new and bespoke commercial element to the graduate programme. Hannah Dobie from Bolton has started life at FirstGroup in the Bus […]
A new President and Secretary for the European Mobility Group were announced at the Group’s recent AGM in Heidelberg, Germany. Former MD and latterly Chairman of Unwin Safety Systems, Campbell McKee and Jacqui Jones, Executive Director of Mobility Choice, the charity behind the Mobility Roadshow and Get Going Live! events, were unanimously voted in by […]
Three young people from the West Midlands have been offered apprenticeships with the region’s transport authority, Centro and National Express West Midlands after completing a Prince’s Trust scheme. Nav Bansal, Tamika Smith and Manisha Rani won the places through the new ‘Get Into Transport’ scheme. Run by Centro on behalf of the Prince’s Trust, the […]
Following the re-opening of Oxford Road, Reading Buses routes returned to normal almost immediately. The company’s sky blue 15 and 16 buses as well as the flagship purple 17 route had been operating on diversion for over two weeks due to the road closure with what the company described today as ‘disastrous results for passenger numbers.’
Leaders of the seven West Midlands district councils (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton) have asked the region’s transport authority (Centro) to consult on a range of options aimed at saving 10% from Centro’s budget. It has already saved nearly a third of its operational expenditure over the last four years, which it […]
TfL has added extra services on its route 66 to meet increased passenger demand in the Newbury Park area. It will see more buses run during the morning and evening weekday peak times, as well as in the evenings and on Sundays. Running between Romford and Leytonstone via Little Heath, Newbury Park, Gants Hill, Redbridge […]
New rules on bringing laden vehicles for driving tests in some categories have come into effect. Laden vehicles must now be brought for D1+E (minibus and trailer) and D+E (bus or coach and trailer) driving tests. DSA and VOSA Chief Executive, Alastair Peoples, said, ‘These tests become more realistic as they assess drivers driving loaded […]
Lothian Buses has launched a new virtual ticket app for smartphones. The free app is available for Apple and Android smartphones and is described as the first of its kind in Scotland for public transport. Users will be able to prepay for tickets, which will then appear on their phone and can be shown to […]