Arriva North has achieved the DVSA’s Earned Recognition status. The scheme is intended to demonstrate an operator’s commitment to compliance and safety standards. Benefits of being accredited include being less likely to have vehicles stopped at the roadside and DVSA visits and access to future DVSA incentives. The accreditation to the Earned Recognition Scheme required […]
Heidi Alexander MP is replacing Louise Haigh as Transport Secretary. Heidi replaces Louise Haigh, who stepped down from the position last week following reports in the media of a spent conviction for fraud. Heidi was previously the Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice from the 8 July 2024 to 29 November 2024. She […]
Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, has resigned from her role following media reports of a spent conviction of fraud. Her conviction was made following a ‘terrifying’ mugging in 2013, when she was 24-years-old. She reported to police that a work phone had been stolen during the incident, but later discovered it was still in her house. […]
The day before she stepped down from her role, Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, set out her vision for a more joined up and locally-led transport across England in a speech to Mayors and transport bosses. Speaking at Leeds Civic Hall, she outlined her vision for a new Integrated National Transport Strategy, the first in a […]
Pelican Bus and Coach has confirmed an order for a Yutong E9L battery-electric bus for established Surrey coach operator Reptons Coaches. At Euro Bus Expo event in Birmingham, Sophie Repton received a crystal gift to celebrate the order, as well as the first one of ten trees that Pelican will be planting in the UK […]
RHA Coaches is urging all operators to sign a petition to save Matlock Bath Coach Park, which may be turned into a traveller site. “Following up on the closure of Matlock Bath coach park, we’re informed that the matter of providing temporary sites for travellers is to be discussed at a meeting of Derbyshire Dales […]
The founder of Prospect Coaches, Geoff Watts, has passed away with his grandson Nathan Hadley and Nathan’s wife Claire Hadley-King at his side. He was 92. “Grandad will always be remembered as the Gaffer by so many,” Nathan told Bus & Coach Buyer. “Still to this day, we have parents of current school children we […]
Sector Investor REL Capital has strengthened the management team by appointing Daniel Butterfield as MD to oversee its group of coaching businesse, and has acquired a majority stake in Felixstowe Travel of Suffolk. Dan has held senior management roles at the Go-Ahead group for 16 years, including Head of Operations, and held turnaround roles in […]