Anthony’s Travel raised £1,215 for Cardiomyopathy UK at its 40th anniversary celebrations. The operator also awarded grants of £400 to community partners Night Stop North West and Victoria Music, as well as a complimentary coach trip for Eat at the Heath, Runcorn. The event, held at DCBL Stadium, Widnes, celebrated the operator’s 40 years of […]
Alexander Dennis’ Falkirk manufacturing site could close. The proposal was announced today (11 June 2025) as it revealed a new UK manufacturing strategy currently being consulted on. The refocused strategy results from the completion of a detailed business review and is intended to ‘adjust the business to changing market dynamics’, the company reports. Under the […]
Volvo Buses has secured signed orders for more than a dozen Volvo B13R UNVI XL 4×2 single-deck coaches. Additionally, customers hold options on a further ten vehicles in the final stages of specification. The developments come just three months after the model’s announcement. Volvo and UNVI will build the first vehicle, a 53-seat model, over […]
First Bus today (11 June 2025) announces a £20m investment and renewed multi-year partnership with electronic ticket machine (ETM) specialist Ticketer. First has worked with Ticketer for over a decade. The continued partnership will see the roll-out of new ETMs, a project currently underway following a £10m upfront investment, with the first two depots in […]
New funding, worth £400,000, has been announced to help prepare Scottish workforces for the switch to zero-emission heavy duty vehicles (HDVs), including buses and coaches. The Scottish Government’s Zero Emissions HDV Skills Challenge Fund is aimed at supporting organisations to address some of the key skills and workforce challenges the sector is facing as efforts […]
From Friday 4 July National Express is boosting its daily coach services between London and the south coast. The boost to services follows recent data from YouGov’s Destination Index, indicating that more than one in ten (14%) of Britons are most likely to visit UK destinations during the summer period – just behind Spain (16%) […]
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has announced the £3 bus fare cap is to be extended to March 2027. The current fare cap has been in place since January 2025, rising from the previous year’s £2 cap, introduced by the previous Government. It was due to expire in December this year. Graham Vidler, Chief […]
Strong underlying First Bus performance is one of the main factors behind First Group‘s rise in adjusted revenue of £1,370m (FY 2024: £1,279.6m) for the financial year ending 29 March 2025. Group adjusted operating profit increased to £222.8m (FY 2024: £204.3m), driven by First Bus rising £12.4m to £96.0m and First Rail up £5.5m to £148.8m. It had a 10% adjusted operating profit margin in the second half […]