St George’s Park in Burton upon Trent, the English Football Association’s national football centre was the destination for this year’s IRTE conference hosted at the complex’s Hilton Hotel. As in previous year’s the focus was predominately truck related, although for the first time this year, there were specific bus and coach seminars in the afternoon. […]
Contact any refurbishment company and you’ll probably find they have a healthy amount of work on. Not only is the encroaching deadline for DDA compliance meaning an increased number of vehicles are being converted or are about to be, there also seems to be a greater focus on refurbishing vehicles to improve customer satisfaction. Chris […]
Hot topics surrounding PCV driver training were discussed during the second annual National Truck and Bus Driver Trainers Conference. Despite the name there was just as much (if not more) content relevant to the bus and coach industry in the presentations as there was truck. The event was part of the road safety charity, AIRSO’s […]
Until fleets become completely reliant on electricity or some other form of alternative propulsion, which is not likely to be for some time to come, liquid fuels and how to handle them will remain massively important to operators. Chris Peat delved into this area, contacting companies to get an insight into trends and technology in […]
The demands of European legislation may be ever more prescriptive but so is the inventiveness of the manufacturers in the bus building industry. This was abundantly clear at the latest BusEuroTest, staged in the Swiss city of Lucerne in early June, to determine which bus will be awarded the International Bus of the Year 2015. […]
Rawlins Commercial Simon Allman, Fleet Account Executive from Rawlins Commercial, agrees the claims culture is a major concern. He said there is an increased awareness amongst passengers of the potential to make an accident claim when the driver is at fault. He said many operators are going down the route of fitting cameras to ensure […]
‘Transport for a Changing World’ was the theme of the 2014 ITF meeting, the seventh annual summit to be held at the Leipzig conference centre in Germany. In a complex three-day programme, ministers, participants and press from around the world considered topics across the whole transport agenda from cycling to air and maritime activity. There […]
Novadata One of the main problems with the introduction of the Driver CPC was the reluctance to carry out the training, with some even believing it would simply go away or at the least, have the deadline extended. Derek Broomfield from Novadata said there was a last minute rush partly caused by this mindset. He […]