Fleet transport insurance broker, McCarron Coates, has partnered with law firm and transport specialist, JMW, to create a road transport protection policy. The ‘Accelerate’ policy, unavailable through any other broker, has been exclusively created by McCarron Coates and underwriter Financial & Legal (FLI). It provides bus and coach operators and HGV firms with a policy […]
National Express is due to grow its Stansted Airport services. The company has retained its contract with London Stansted Airport following a competitive tender process managed by the airport’s owners, Manchester Airports Group (MAG). The operator has secured a five-year deal to operate high-frequency coach services on behalf of the airport. It will continue to […]
Volvo Buses has delivered three new Volvo B8R MCV eVoTors to Golden Tours. The London tour and activity provider is this year marking 40 years of business. The new coaches join a fleet already heavily represented by Volvo, including existing eVoTors, B8L MCV eVoSeti double-deckers and other open top models. The new Volvo B8R MCV […]
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 […]