London Transport Museum’s Chair, Keith Ludeman, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to transport. Keith became Chair of the Museum in 2017 after joining its Board in 2014. He brought with him an extensive career in the UK transport sector – from London General and Go-Ahead to Eversholt Rail […]
Louise Cheeseman, founder and Chair of Women in Bus and Coach and a Non-Executive Director at Go-Ahead, has been awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025. The award was made in recognition of Louise’s services to the transport industry and diversity. Louise launched […]
A £2.3bn investment announced in the recent Spending Review is to be made to improve local transport, including bus lanes and other measures. In the Spending Review document, it was stated that transport is ‘critical to the delivery of the growth mission’, increasing funding to give people across the country ‘greater access to jobs, education, […]
Anthony’s Travel raised £1,215 for Cardiomyopathy UK at its 40th anniversary celebrations. The operator also awarded grants of £400 to community partners Night Stop North West and Victoria Music, as well as a complimentary coach trip for Eat at the Heath, Runcorn. The event, held at DCBL Stadium, Widnes, celebrated the operator’s 40 years of […]
Alexander Dennis’ Falkirk manufacturing site could close. The proposal was announced today (11 June 2025) as it revealed a new UK manufacturing strategy currently being consulted on. The refocused strategy results from the completion of a detailed business review and is intended to ‘adjust the business to changing market dynamics’, the company reports. Under the […]
Volvo Buses has secured signed orders for more than a dozen Volvo B13R UNVI XL 4×2 single-deck coaches. Additionally, customers hold options on a further ten vehicles in the final stages of specification. The developments come just three months after the model’s announcement. Volvo and UNVI will build the first vehicle, a 53-seat model, over […]
First Bus today (11 June 2025) announces a £20m investment and renewed multi-year partnership with electronic ticket machine (ETM) specialist Ticketer. First has worked with Ticketer for over a decade. The continued partnership will see the roll-out of new ETMs, a project currently underway following a £10m upfront investment, with the first two depots in […]
New funding, worth £400,000, has been announced to help prepare Scottish workforces for the switch to zero-emission heavy duty vehicles (HDVs), including buses and coaches. The Scottish Government’s Zero Emissions HDV Skills Challenge Fund is aimed at supporting organisations to address some of the key skills and workforce challenges the sector is facing as efforts […]