Camira has announced the global launch of StaySafe, an advanced textile treatment befitting the Covid age, which reduces the potential for viral transmission from wool moquette fabrics in bus and coach interiors. When applied to a fabric, this state-of-the-art technology destroys viruses and kills bacteria – ensuring upholstery does not act as a potential source […]
DriveTech, part of the AA, has launched Driver’s Mate, a new way of communicating safety with professional drivers. Designed to remind drivers of their moral and legal obligations just before getting behind the wheel, the innovative series of 90-second videos champions and reinforces on-road safety practices. With hundreds of videos already available, Driver’s Mate not […]
A ministerial statement in a House of Commons debate on tourism this week has offered a small ray of light for those coach tour operators who have not been successful in gaining access to Covid grants because they don’t have a retail premises selling direct to consumers. Minister Nigel Huddleston acknowledged that coach tour operators […]
The NHS and Metrobus launched one of the UK’s first Covid-19 Mobile Vaccination Units in a bus in Crawley, targeting hard-to-reach and vulnerable communities. Metrobus and the Alliance for Better Care, which represents GPs across Crawley, Horsham, mid-Sussex and East Surrey, teamed up to provide a self-contained, clean and safe location for vaccinations to take […]
While in Europe we are reaching the final valley before taking the highway uphill, in some parts of the world the virus has been contained. The only way is the way forward. The Busworld team takes this very literally, its normal preparations are going full speed ahead. The media campaigns are being booked and will […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has welcomed the announcement by the New Zealand Government of $50 million funding to help councils fully decarbonise their public transport bus fleet by 2035. ADL is to build zero-emission buses in New Zealand in cooperation with local partner Kiwi Bus Builders, creating jobs and adding value to the local economy. […]
National Express has welcomed new legislation coming into force on 1 February 2021 banning the use of tyres over ten years old on buses, coaches, minibuses and HGVs. The transport provider has put its full support behind the change that will make it illegal to operate any Public Service Vehicles, including coaches, with tyres over […]
Sittingbourne-based Chalkwell Coach Hire have successfully bid for funding under the Government’s Kickstart scheme. The scheme was launched as a way of getting 16-24 year olds into work who would otherwise be unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The scheme covers the wages for each placement at National minimum wage for 25 hours per week, […]