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, […]
Leeds-based coach and business insurance specialist, Rigton Insurance Brokers, is looking to invest in its growth following its acquisition by PIB Group. Formed in 1974 Rigton Insurance Services specialises in providing niche products to the transport industry including bus and coach insurance, schemes within classic preserved bus, heritage and narrow gauge railway as well as […]
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 […]