Asset Alliance Group has launched a new bus and coach rental service, after providing financial solutions for the bus and coach industry for more than 20 years. At launch, Asset Alliance has invested in a fleet of top-of-the range vehicles to kickstart its rental offering. Instead of committing to long-term ownership or leases, the rental […]
Continental is marking 120 years of retreading commercial vehicle tyres. The tyre manufacturer retreads more than one million bus and truck tyres worldwide every year. According to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT), retreaded tyres reduce CO2 emissions by up to 50% compared to new tyres. The amount […]
Two operators have gone on to order Yutong electric coaches after trialling them with transit tech company Zeelo. Zeelo has now completed its round of trials of an electric coach with operators from across the country. Part of the firm’s Net-Zero strategy, the trial gave operators the opportunity to try the Zeelo-branded Yutong TCe12 from […]
The Alfa Leisureplex Group, which includes Chorley-based Alfa Travel, has acquired the Waverley Castle Hotel in Melrose, bringing its hotel grouping, Leisureplex, to 23 hotels. The company, 75% employee-owned since 2020, takes over the Waverley Castle in 2024 from Coast & Country Collection, which acquired it from defunct Shearings. It has 77 rooms and is […]
Three men, two aged 18 and one aged 19, were declared dead at the scene of a crash involving a bus and a car in south Wales. At around 7pm last night (Monday 11 December 2023) emergency services were called to the scene of a serious road traffic collision involving a bus and an Audi […]
A motorcyclist who made a false claim for £48,000 credit hire costs has been jailed for nine months after refusing to engage with contempt proceedings, The Law Society’s Gazette reports. Diego Araujo was also hit with a £60,000 costs order after substantial resources were expended on multiple adjourned hearings. In Metroline Limited v Araujo, The […]
Coach tour wholesaler, Ashley & Newey, has a change in ownership following a successful management take-over by former Business Manager Shaun Read, taking the reins from Ashley Booth as he retires. Ashley retires after more than 60 years in hospitality from candy floss stand attendant to General Manager of the Blackwell Grange Hotel, followed most […]
Following a consultation that ran earlier this year, the government has announced its recommendations for changing the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC). The government recommends introducing a National DCPC (N-DCPC) that will cover driving a lorry, bus or coach in the UK. It suggests allowing training courses to be done in blocks of 3.5 […]