The future of Bonded Coach Holidays (BCH) has been secured following the formation of a strategic alliance between ABTOT (Association of Bonded Tour Organisers Trust) and the Confederation of Passenger Transport. CPT is authorised to run the BCH consumer protection scheme by BEIS under the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018. However, […]
The Scottish Government has announced that an additional £25 million is being made available through a second round of the Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme. The scheme, which opened in August last year, provides support to bus operators and manufactures who want to transition to zero emission vehicles and also help drive a green […]
Recently, CaetanoBus was selected as the supplier to deliver four hydrogen buses to Bielefeld’s Transport Company and supplied two hydrogen buses to the eFarm Project in Germany. Now, the public transport operator of Wiesbaden chose Caetano to deliver ten hydrogen buses in the last quarter of 2021. The 12m hydrogen vehicles will be operated by […]
More than 5.04 billion bus journeys are made in the UK each year. Around half of these are in London with approximately 1,500 passenger casualties reported each year and a further 6,000 minor incidents. Data provided by Loughborough University on behalf of London TravelWatch has shown that the majority of injuries to passengers happened during […]
VisitEngland let four coach operators explain their blueprint for success as the UK emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic in a webinar, Coach Travel: building towards recovery. The event saw Robert Shaw, of Harry Shaws, John Johnson of Johnsons Coaches, Lucy Osborne, UK Product Manager for Leger/Shearings, and Paul Cartwright of A&P Travel urge operators to […]
The LTCOA has relaunched as the UKCOA, with the mission statement ‘Run by Coach Operators, for Coach Operators.’ This marks a step change for the former LTCOA in adopting a UK-wide role within the coach industry. It coincides with the LTCOA reaching the milestone of 50 members, with York Pullman joining an association which now […]
Harris Group Bus and Coach division has launched a concept for a fully kitted-out Covid Mobile Testing and Vaccination Bus built on the Isuzu AOS Visigo midi coach in response to a public health plan to manage the spread of the pandemic. The Covid Mobile Testing Bus is the latest in a series of concept […]
Doug Claringbold has been appointed as Managing Director for First West of England and will succeed James Freeman when he retires on 31 March 2021. Doug is an experienced commercial and operational leader within the ground transport sectors, passionate about the customer and colleague experiences and he has a wealth of experience in building strong […]