UKinbound has welcomed the Chancellor’s Budget today but has sought clarification that leisure grants will reach the coach sector. Joss Croft, CEO, UKinbound said: “The extension of furlough is very welcome news for our industry, as is the business rates holiday and its further cut. We’re also pleased that leisure grants of up to £18k […]
First Bus has ordered 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric single deckers. The buses are part-funded by the first round of the Scottish Government’s Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, which provided £4m, with £5m invested by First Glasgow. Scottish Power Energy Networks will also be providing over £300k in contributions to the project from their Green Economy Fund, […]
Hunts Coaches is to pay tribute to a former driver, Denis Arthur Cox, who recently passed away. Denis passed away peacefully on 25 February 2021 aged 70. Denis, originally from Sheffield, worked as a coach tour driver for Shearings and Wallace Arnolds before joining the Hunts Coaches family. Denis married Joan in 2006 in Paignton. […]
Green vehicle development group, the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP), has changed its name to Zemo Partnership. The change of moniker is intended to highlight the fact that UK road transport emissions will have to be zero by 2050. The organisation is embracing the new net-zero target and changing its name as a ‘direct and […]
Construction work is underway on the Sprint bus route designed to deliver improved journey times and more reliable services linking Walsall, Birmingham and Solihull. The Sprint bus corridor along the A45 and A34 will feature new and extended bus lanes and give buses priority at junctions to beat the traffic jams. Construction work has now […]
TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to spell out “crystal clear measures” to support Britain’s travel industry. Ahead of tomorrow’s Budget (Wednesday 3 March) the trade union boss appealed to Sunak to make every possible effort to help what he described as ‘key players’ in Britain’s economic recovery from the Covid […]
Temporary operators have been called in by Go North West to keep its network running during strikes. The strike action has been taken by some of the operators’ Unite trade union members due to a dispute over pay and working practice changes. The Go-Ahead-owned operator has brought in operators from across the region to run […]
Stagecoach has announced a major investment in new technology it says will help plan bus networks post-pandemic. The operator is to roll-out the Optibus software platform. This software is used in more than 450 cities around the world and uses a combination of artificial intelligence, advanced algorithms and cloud computing to deliver smarter timetables and […]