Trade union Unite is using the UN’s World Toilet Day (19 November) to highlight UK driver’s denied access to toilets. A survey by the trade body has suggested the Covid lockdown has worsened the situation. Unite surveyed 6,000 driver members who are predominantly employed driving buses or lorries. It was found that during their normal […]
Rikki Wilson‘s face may be familiar to some readers as he appeared on the BBC’s The Politics Show explaining the difficulties he and many in the industry are facing. He contacted his local MP, Newcastle’s Chi Onwurah, who took the question to the Houses of Parliament and asked the Prime Minister whether the coach industry […]
Go-Ahead London has placed an order for 17 Optare Metrodecker EVs for route 200 in London. This route will operate out of the company’s Merton garage, the first electric route from this depot. This order marks the third order for the battery-electric bus in the capital, the fifth to date, and will bring the total […]
Operators are being implored to complete a survey which will back the industry’s claims for financial aid. Following feedback from a meeting Candice Mason of Masons Coaches was able to secure with Baroness Vere, together with a number of other coach operator engagements with MPs, an operator group says it has become apparent there is […]
Zenobe Energy, operators of battery storage and service provider to electric vehicle operators, has secured a £150m investment from Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Plc, to support the company’s growth. The committed funding will allow Zenobe to help to accelerate the UK’s transition to a green energy system. Infracapital’s funding will support […]
The UK bus and coach market shrunk by 22.1% in the third quarter of this year, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The SMMT notes that as regional lockdowns were reintroduced across the UK in autumn, coronavirus continued to affect road passenger transport, with declining bus rider-ship impacting […]
Novadata, one of the UK’s foremost providers of digital tachograph analysis services, has introduced a new, cost effective, online Fleet Management Solution. The new Fleet Management Solution can be integrated seamlessly with Novadata’s existing online digital tachograph analysis, driving licence check and walkaround check app. This provides a robust online critical data resource for the […]
Jason Tapper, a former employee of tour wholesaler ICT (Independent Coach Travel), is the latest member of the group and coach tourism community to set up a new business as a result of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Foxwood Travel is a new tour wholesaler specialising in the group and coach tourism market, […]