Highlights of last week’s Budget include the announcements that Fuel Duty is to be frozen and the Severn Crossing toll is to be reduced. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced the Budget on 18 March. It is the final one before the general election in May. Osborne claimed the nation is ‘walking tall again’ […]
Cleaning, it’s an unavoidable necessity, but one that if not done properly can lead to a damaging view of your operation by passengers. Nobody really wants to board a filthy vehicle. At the worst, neglecting cleaning can prove a risk to health and licences. This is why Chris Peat swept his way through The Cleaning […]
Checking licences is important and cannot be overlooked. If an accident on the road involving one of your drivers and vehicles occurs and they do not have a valid licence, then it could mean something as severe as a corporate manslaughter case against you. Chris Peat spoke to Terry Reynolds, founder of Chalcheck, a company […]
Like a lot of technology nowadays, telematics is a rapidly advancing area. A dot on a map on a screen revealing where a vehicle is may have once been impressive, but that’s not so much the case anymore. Telematics has moved on to be much more than that, with one of the biggest trends being […]
Every credible fleet operator knows instinctively the importance of tyre safety. However, the difference between well and poorly maintained tyres is one that could cost lives, not to mention livelihoods, so the message is one well worth reiterating. Chris Peat has contacted bus and coach tyre manufacturers and distributors to review some of the latest […]
Climate control Shown at Innotrans and IAA, the new range of Speedlite compressors from Bitzer represent a step change in weight compared with their predecessors. The ELV21 and ELV51 series electrically driven semi-hermetic scroll compressors for bus or rail use are optimised for noise reduction in roof mounted applications and suit a variety of refrigerants. […]
Both IAA and Innotrans continue to grow in exhibitor numbers and their worldwide spread, giving visitors the opportunity to see an ever broader selection of products, services and components. For the bus and coach operator, the main areas of interest were hall 11 for a wide variety of vehicle components at IAA and the public […]
The biggest commercial vehicle show in the world, the Internationale Automobil Ausstellung (IAA), held in Hanover, Germany, opened to the public on 25 September and will just have closed on 2 October as this reaches you. Bus and coach exhibits and related components, products and services represented a relatively small part of the total number […]