FirstGroup’s Student and Transit businesses agree with NextEra Energy Resources to jointly pursue electrification of tens of thousands of school and public transportation vehicles across the US and Canada. Today’s announcement brings together North America’s largest school and public transportation operators, First Student and First Transit, both subsidiaries of FirstGroup plc (‘FirstGroup’ or ‘the Group’), […]
Go North East has launched one of the UK’s first dedicated vaccination shuttle bus services, which serves the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East in the Sunderland International Innovation Centre, near to the Nissan factory. The bus, which is branded ‘ConnectorShuttle’, runs up to every 15 minutes, connecting with Go North East’s56 service at Concord, offering […]
The Coach Tourism Association (CTA) has joined with other tourism trade bodies to challenge government policy on allocating discretionary grants to support the sector’s businesses affected by Covid lockdowns. CTA, alongside The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP), Confederation of Passenger Transport, English UK, ETOA, Tourism Alliance and UKinbound, has expressed despair and disbelief that […]
Stagecoach has set out a package of proposed partnership measures in Greater Manchester to help the post-Covid acceleration of bus use in the region and act as a trailblazer for other locations across the country. Britain’s biggest bus and coach operator proposed a two-year programme of measures delivered jointly by the public and private sector […]
When considering the recent developments of the growing number of trade bodies putting forward their case for representing the best interests of our coach sector I wonder why and how this situation has arisen. I guess born out of frustration, boredom and maybe impatience, the desire to make things happen can draw people to […]
First Bus has reached a significant milestone in its air quality retrofit programme, completing the refit of 1,000 buses across its UK network with new exhaust systems and e-Fans to comply with Euro VI emission requirements. The £16m retrofitting programme has been successfully delivered in partnership with the Joint Air Quality Unit of the Department […]
Daish’s Holidays has reported a 105% increase in bookings during the first two weeks of January, compared to the same period last year, despite the current lockdown restrictions. A recent survey confirmed that 71% of participants would prefer to holiday in the UK this year, rather than travel abroad, which supports the company’s peak in […]
Following consultation, the Scottish Government is making preparations to extend free bus travel to all young people under the age of 19 who reside in Scotland. Draft legislation has now been laid which, if approved by the Scottish Parliament, will enable arrangements to be put in place for the scheme to start operating as soon […]