Warrington’s Own Buses has provided training for its team to ‘inspire and upskill’ them. Taking place at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, the Customer Service Conference immersive training event was delivered by Steps Drama, an organisation specialising in a creative and engaging approach to workplace learning. Through a mix of live actors, interactive videos and group discussions, […]
National Express West Midlands has appointed Antony Goozee as its new Managing Director. Antony brings over 30 years’ experience in public transport, including seven years with National Express West Midlands as Bus Strategy and Commercial Director. Before that, he held a number of senior director roles at the Rotala Group. In his new role, Antony […]
Go-Ahead-owned Morebus is bringing back its New Forest Tour for the 2025 holiday season. The open-top buses, which will run from Saturday 5 July until Sunday 14 September, offer a panoramic perspective on the area’s beautiful heathland, spectacular coast and picturesque villages. Operated in partnership with the New Forest National Park Authority, the Tour welcomed […]
Whippet is now operating an autonomous bus around Cambridge. As part of the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s Connector project, the Cambridgeshire-based operator is running an autonomous 15-seat Mellor Orion electric minibus between Madingley Road Park & Ride and Cambridge University’s Eddington neighbourhood and Cambridge West Innovation District. It is being used on a limited number of morning […]
Reducing the permitted driving time of bus drivers to nine hours per day has been suggested by the MP for Brighton Pavilion Siân Berry. This would bring it in line with HGV driver hours. The Green Party MP made the suggestion as part of a series of new clauses she is proposing for the Bus […]
In bus and coach operations, the wrong wipe can slow teams down, waste materials, and lead to inconsistent results. Whether it’s cleaning interiors, repairing fleet vehicles, or assembling new builds, teams need wipes that work as hard as they do. That’s why Harrisons developed the Industrial Range of high performance non-woven wipes: a collection built […]
In his fourth lavish volume on Midland Red (the trading name of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company – BMMO), Ashley Wakelin poses the question as to whether Midland Red’s activities were evolutionary or revolutionary but leaves the reader to make up their own mind on the evidence provided. This includes the recollections of […]
Keith Jenkinson has documented the ultimate demise of the UK’s life expired buses for many years, focussing particularly on those in Yorkshire where just one road in Barnsley once housed some 15 companies engaged in the scrap business. Nowadays, there is a much wider geographical spread and most vehicles meet their end in modern facilities […]