Cumbria-based Hodgsons of Millom is to close by the end of December. The effects of the coronavirus have meant a dramatic decrease in private hire, one of its main sources of income. Speaking to Bus and Coach Buyer, Daniel Evans from the company said: “We do have some home to school transport, but that’s not […]
Hull-based Wren Kitchens has received a Scania Omni Express based on a K 400 chassis and a Scania Berkhof Axial based on a Scania K 340 chassis. Both vehicles are equipped with 63 leather trimmed seats and have full onboard entertainment systems. The kitchen retailer, designer and manufacturer is to use the vehicles on staff […]
Family-run business, Koller Engineering, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The specialists in the design and manufacture of wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) products, was founded in 1980 by Max Koller. The Somerset-based company has grown to be a major player in the WAV industry, designing and manufacturing products to make travel safe for wheelchair users. Now […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has delivered six BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric buses to Fullers360 for Auckland Transport services on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. The manufacturer is also renewing its partnership with New Zealand manufacturer Kiwi Bus Builders. ADL will supply an additional two electric buses to Fullers360 subsidiary Waiheke Bus Company before Christmas, allowing half […]
Mellor is launching its new Orion Evolution. The Rochdale-based manufacturer describes the vehicle as a ‘size-appropriate’ and ‘cost appropriate’ alternative to what it calls larger, more costly, under-utilised vehicles in the service-bus and specialist transport markets. The new 5.5-tonne, 21+6 passenger bus is designed to provide high-specification/low-cost appeal to what Mellor views as a growing […]
Haydock Commercial Vehicles, the Scania dealer for the Preston-Liverpool-Warrington triangle, Chester and north Wales, has invested £2.7m in a purpose-built, state-of-the-art service centre. The facility is to be built on land adjacent to its existing Walton Summit, Preston site. The old workshop will be demolished to further extend the site’s secure bus, coach, truck and […]
Lancashire-based coach dealer, BASE, has agreed to import Beulas products for sale throughout the UK. The deal will see the full range of Beulas products available to the UK market on both MAN and Scania chassis. BASE says this offers a broad choice of PSVAR compliant specifications on two- and three-axle chassis. Spare parts have […]
Newcastle-based Parkers Executive Coach Hire has ceased trading. On what caused the closure, Director, David Wastell, said: “Basically, Covid and all the lockdowns. We last moved a coach on 27 February. When the Prime Minister announced the first lockdown, the morning after we lost 100% of our work. It was horrendous.” “When the Prime Minister […]