Lithuanian-owned Altas Auto has a new CEO. The manufacturer of small and medium-sized buses, distributed in the UK by EVM, has appointed Ignas Pranskevičius to the leadership role. He succeeds Edvardas Radzevičius, the company’s founder, who led the business for 23 years. Radzevičius, now a member of the newly formed Altas Auto board, revealed that […]
Go-Ahead Group is to use its recently acquired Fourway Coaches depot to expand into West Yorkshire, it has confirmed to B&CB. Three buses are to be run from the site on the service, which will operate under the banner of ‘Go-Ahead West Yorkshire’. From 23 February 2025, Go-Ahead is to run the 571 route between […]
In a significant career move, Jonathan Ziebart has transitioned from his role as UK Managing Director of Ascendal Group to join international investment and advisory house, RebelGroup, as a Director in its London offices. Jonathan brings 14 years of strategic growth, investment and business turnaround experience from the international public transport industry, most notably including […]
Mayne Travel is transitioning out of the Goodwins Group and is now under the ownership and management of Manchester-based Orion Travel. Moving forward, the focus of Go Goodwin’s work will be on ‘providing high-quality competitive transport services across North Wales’, according to a Facebook post from Go-Goodwins. The post continued: “We are excited by this […]
RHA welcomes new sanctions brought in by the government to crack down on crime gangs behind people smuggling. Ashton Cull, RHA Senior Public Affairs Lead, said that commercial vehicle operators, including coach companies, get ‘unwittingly caught up in this trade with criminal gangs using ever-resourceful ways of securing clandestine entrants into UK-bound vehicles undetected’. He […]
As Stagecoach Manchester transitions into the Bee Network, it says goodbye to the iconic Magic Bus branding. The operator’s Magic Bus service made its final journey on 4 January. To preserve its legacy, Stagecoach will donate one of its iconic low-floor double-deckers, introduced in 2006, to the Museum of Transport. Over its 25-year tenure, Stagecoach […]
Westway Coach Services has been granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment from His Majesty King Charles III. The Surrey-based operator is honoured to have the only Royal Warrant granted to a coach operator. The Warrant is a mark of recognition to companies who have regularly supplied services to the Royal Household for at least five […]
London-based Wattsway Travel has collected the first new version of the Yutong GTe14 touring coach for the UK from Pelican Bus and Coach. The vehicle is the first vehicle of its kind with the new style interior that debuted at the Euro Bus Expo in Birmingham in November 2024. The coach has 563kW of […]