BusMark, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s (CILT’s) bus and coach benchmarking club, has hit a recruitment record. The BusMark membership roster now has an all-time high of 29,100 PCVs onboard, from which benchmarks and key performance indicators (KPIs) are derived. During this past year an ever-increasing number of operators have joined BusMark, enabling […]
FlixBus has doubled the number of routes operated in the UK after relaunching on these shores on 15 April, now connecting 20 cities in England and Wales. Liverpool, York, Nottingham and Northampton are among the new destinations. When the intercity coach service initially returned, its network consisted of 18 routes between 12 destinations, including Birmingham, […]
More operators are being urged to come onboard with a nationwide coach industry marketing campaign. Registrations for a webinar on plans for the initiative are now open. The webinar is scheduled to take place at 11am to 12pm on Wednesday 2 June. Readers of the article on Masons Minibuses and Coaches in the latest issue of […]
Following its criticism earlier this month of the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) latest round of restrictive funding for smaller size-appropriate zero-emissions buses, Rochdale-based bus manufacturer, Mellor, has received substantial backing for its ‘big bus bias’ campaign from industry bodies, charities and at political level. The Zero-Emission Buses Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding includes £120 million for […]
As group coach tours resumed in England on Monday with Covid restrictions easing, Alex Sobel, Shadow Minister for Tourism and Heritage, welcomed National Holidays’ first customers back to Scarborough. “Group coach tours are an important part of the UK’s tourism industry which plays a huge role in driving revenue into local economies and boosting employment” […]
Bus and coach registrations declined 58.5% in the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The registration figures show the weakest start to any year on record, with only 582 buses and coaches joining UK roads in the first three months of 2021 (records […]
Industrial action at Go North West’s Queens Road depot, Manchester, has been called off. New working practices have been agreed on. The deal was presented to a mass meeting of the drivers, members of the UK’s leading union, Unite. This was followed by a workplace ballot where the union’s members voted overwhelmingly to accept the negotiated agreement bringing to […]
Scania has chosen the UK for the global launch of its new Fencer bus range, the first model of which is the Fencer f1, a single-deck, fully built-up bus. The vehicle, which is the first complete Scania single-decker to be released in the UK for ten years, will subsequently be introduced to many other markets […]