FlixMobility, owner of FlixBus and FlixTrain brands, has acquired Greyhound Lines from FirstGroup. The iconic brand is considered the largest provider of long-distance bus transportation in the United States. The operation was sold for an enterprise value on a debt-free/cash-free basis of c.$46m plus unconditional deferred consideration of $32m with an interest rate of 5% […]
Manchester-based Go North West is running a series of Recruitment Roadshows. The events are designed to connect Greater Manchester jobseekers with the bus industry. The Go-Ahead-owned company’s yellow Driver Academy bus will be on hand with prospective applicants able to try sitting in the driver seat for the first time, along with experts the company’s […]
On Saturday 16 October, 12 members of The JG Travel Group embarked on a ‘Starlight 10k’ hike in aid of their local Sue Ryder hospice in Cheltenham. The team raised £1,500 which The JG Travel Group then matched, bringing the total raised to £3,000. “The Sue Ryder charity is one many of us hold close […]
Lothian has received a Good Practice Award in the 2021 VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards. The VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards rewards, recognises and promotes environmental best practice that brings benefits to business and the wider community. Lothian has invested over £78 million since 2011 in a bid to reduce our emissions, and during this […]
A rule change intended to streamline the process of becoming a bus and coach driver is due to come into effect from 15 November 2021. The DVSA has announced that from that date, learner PCV drivers will be able to take a bus and coach test with a trailer, rather than having to pass a […]
Buses are to play their part in the Government’s Net Zero Strategy. However, CPT stresses that targets for making this change over to more public transport are absent from the Strategy. Part of the Government’s aims in the Strategy is to increase the share of journeys taken by public transport, investing £3 billion to transform […]
GVVT’s annual open weekend at Bridgeton Bus Garage made a successful return for 2021 with regular free shuttle services from the garage to Glasgow city centre and the city’s Riverside transport museum. A wide variety of vehicles ran on each day with the ‘corpie’ (Glasgow Corporation) vehicles more prominent on the Saturday and Scottish Bus […]
Switch Mobility, ADL and Wrightbus are joining forces to urge the Government to speed up its rollout of 4,000 UK-made zero-emissions buses. The three manufacturers are to park three UK-made zero-emission buses in Westminster tomorrow (20 October 2021), to show MPs the world-leading technology and remind Downing St of its commitment. So far just a […]