Harry Tinson has been appointed as Sales Director for Parts and Services at Wrightbus. Harry spent the past three years leading the parts and service team at JCB to achieve record sales. He has also recently received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Warwick. Harry said: “I am thrilled to be […]
A very interesting statistic came my way a couple of weeks ago; that if the Chancellor dropped 10p per litre tax on road fuels, the cost to the public purse would equal that of the government making all bus travel free. The expert writer admitted that the recent price hikes in fuel may have skewed […]
Arriva’s Hungarian business has signed a new contract with the Budapest Passenger Transport Authority (Budaprest Közlekedési Központ) to operate services across the city. The passenger transport company already operates a significant part of the public bus services in Budapest and following a competitive tender, the company will continue with a ten-year awarded contract with the […]
Louise Fitzpatrick, Senior Account Manager at Albatross Travel, and Chris Owens, Managing Director of Alpine Travel, have joined the Coach Tourism Association’s (CTA) Board of Directors. Louise previously served on the board for over five years, while Chris brings experience as a former board member at the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). Louise Fitzpatrick brings […]
Mervyn’s Coaches of Micheldever, Hampshire, has celebrated its 40th anniversary. The company, founded by Mervyn Annetts in 1982, now has three generations of the family operating the service. Announcing its birthday, on Facebook, Mervyn’s said: “Mervyn’s Coaches would like to thank all of our customers and friends for your continued support, and we are committed […]
Electric coach express specialist Ember has applied for planning permission to build a charging depot in Inverness. The Scottish coach operator, which runs a growing fleet of Yutong Tce-12 battery coaches, has been expnading its services since the initial four-coach operation, with Scottish funding which will ad a further 20-plus coaches to its fleet. The […]
Arriva Bus staff in the North West began a strike today (20 July) as pay talks faltered. The action comes after talks between Arriva and the Unite and GMB unions failed to reach an agreement over pay. During the industrial action there will be no planned Arriva bus services operating within Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport appealed for vehicles to help organisers get women’s football fans to New York Stadium in Rotherham for the Iceland France match. The match on Monday 19 July had an estimated 1,500 Icelandic fans needing transport from Rotherham to hotels in Manchester following the game (approximately after 10 pm). But there […]