ADL has announced ta series of in-person and online careers events aimed at attracting engineering talent throughout March and April 2022. Alexander-Dennis is looking for graduate and experienced design, manufacturing, and procurement engineers across all fields as it continues to develop its market-leading range of clean buses and lead the transition to zero emission mobility. […]
Warrington’s own Buses is seeking a Commercial Officer, who will report directly to the company’s Head of Commercial. Warrington’s Own Buses describes the role: “Can you help us rock those tenders responses, be the liaison extraordinaire with our stakeholders and spread some joy by delivering top notch customer communications? “We’re looking for someone who is […]
Readers of the digital and paper copies of Bus & Coach Buyer will notice we have moved from linking websites with URLs – web addresses – to using QR codes. We have long been aware that, aside from clickable links, our readers were not typing in the web addresses, even when shortened – unsurprisingly. A […]
CPT Scotland has welcomed the announcement today that Transport Scotland is extending NSG+ for the bus sector until 9 of October 2022. NSG + was introduced to help cover the difference between reduced revenue and increasing costs, largely due to the continuing impact of Covid-19. The £40m scheme was frontloaded to give support to the […]
Thirty-one counties, city regions and unitary authorities have been chosen for the Government’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding. The successful areas have been chosen because of their ambition to repeat the success achieved in London, according to the Government. In its announcement of the BSIP allocation, the DfT said areas not showing ‘sufficient ambition’, […]
Stagecoach has received a rival £595mn cash bid from German asset manager DWS, scuppering a takeover offer by National Express for the Scottish bus operator that would have created a UK road transport giant, the Financial Times has reported. A fund managed by DWS Infrastructure said on Wednesday that it agreed to pay 105p in […]
ADL has announced ta series of in-person and online careers events aimed at attracting engineering talent throughout March and April 2022. Alexander-Dennis is looking for graduate and experienced design, manufacturing, and procurement engineers across all fields as it continues to develop its market-leading range of clean buses and lead the transition to zero emission mobility. […]
Talks concerning a takeover of Stagecoach by National Express continue. The proposed date for National Express to announce its firm intention whether or not it wants to make an offer for Stagecoach has been reset to 14 December 2021. This is the second time the decision making deadline has been changed over this deal. The […]
Mandates on social distancing and face coverings on transport, and elsewhere in society, are due to end from 19 July. Despite the hospitality industry welcoming the upcoming change, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement has caused some confusion and worry in the transport sector. In particular, there is concern surrounding face coverings on transport, with the […]
