Scottish coach companies and tour operators are to receive a share of £6m. The money has been made available through a new £185 million package of targeted coronavirus (COVID-19) support. The package was announced by Scotland’s Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes. Businesses can expect to apply for all the new grant schemes in January. CPT Chief […]
Morley and Outwood MP, Andrea Jenkyns, has met with bus and coach insurance broker, McCarron Coates, to listen to the concerns of campaigners asking for support for the coach sector. McCarron Coates welcomed Andrea Jenkyns to its offices to provide a briefing about their high-impact ‘Wish You Could Hear’ campaign, created to support in-crisis coach […]
Cardiff-based Adventure Travel is asking passengers and colleagues to nominate a local good cause to become its inaugural ‘Charity of the Year’ and with it, its own dedicated bus throughout 2021. Adventure Travel, formerly NAT Group, is to put nominations into an online vote for the public to choose the winner by 22 January. The […]
Stagecoach revenue has fallen from £800.2m in October 2019 to £454.6m in the same period this year, according to its latest financial results. The operator’s interim results for the half-year ending 31 October 2020 showed a decline in pre-tax profits to £5.4m from last year’s figure of £65.9m. This is a 91% decrease. Stagecoach is […]
There has been a 122% increase in passengers travelling with National Express during the first four days of the student travel window (3 – 6 December) when compared to the same period for the previous week. The operator has added extra vehicles to safely increase the number of seats available on routes that serve university […]
Stagecoach Manchester’s 32 BYD ADL Enviro400EVs delivered at the start of the year have reached 600,000 zero emission miles operated to date. The double-deckers were purchased by the operator’s own investment of £16.5 million supported by the Government’s Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme. They are the UK’s largest fleet of zero-emission double deck buses outside […]
CPT has appointed Josh Miles as the first full-time Director of CPT Cymru. Taking up his post in early February Josh will be responsible for leading CPT’s work across Wales, including engagement with Welsh Government to help deliver CPT’s policy goals for the industry. Josh is currently the policy manager at Federation of Small Business […]
An ‘aid to trade’ proposal designed to help coach operators has been taken up by Scottish politician, Fergus Ewing. The proposal would provide operators with a grant to reduce the level at which a coach tour becomes viable to recognise the social distancing restrictions that are in place make it difficult to run trips commercially. […]