A letter requesting urgent funding for the coach industry has been sent to the Treasury by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT). It follows from a letter sent in July by CPT’s Head of Policy, Alison Edwards, requesting support. Signed by CPT CEO, Graham Vidler, the letter proposes temporary relief for the sector’s financial obligations […]
VDL Bus & Coach has set up a new company for UK customers in a former DAF dealer’s in Barnsley. Following the demise of Moseley PCV earlier this year, the Dutch manufacturer has moved quickly to maintain continuity with its DAF-based Futura product but says it is planning to add other models in its line-up […]
Leon Daniels OBE, Chairman of new exhibition ITT Hub, and Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, has been appointed to the Government’s Net Zero Board (NZTB), an external advisory board which provides objective and impartial advice on transport decarbonisation to the Department for Transport (DFT). The NZTB brings together leaders from […]
National Express has revealed how it chose the lockdown to restructure its coach routes using travel patterns collected by thousands of mobile phone records. The revelation came during a webinar organised by Busworld, the organisation which stages the biennial European show, due to take place again next year. John Boughton, Commercial Director of NatEx Coaches, […]
HMRC has reminded businesses that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme changes in September, with employees only getting 70% of wages while furloughed. From 1 September the CJRS will reduce to only pay 70% of the usual wages (up to a cap of £2,187.50 per month) for the hours a furloughed employee does not work. Employees […]
Trade union Unite claims Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) is using COVID-19 as ‘an excuse to cut 650 jobs’. Unite also claims the manufacturer is using the pandemic as an excuse to outsource work to Turkey. The claims come as ADL is shortly to begin consultation on a restructuring programme, which it says is as a […]
Zenobē Energy has been given a loan by the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund (‘MEEF‘) to install a charging infrastructure solution at a bus depot operated by Abellio London. The charging infrastructure at the Walworth site is to serve the single-decker P5 and new C10 bus routes. MEEF’s investment forms part of a wider […]
Destination display manufacturer, Hanover, has completed its second installation of collaborative robots, also known as cobots. Hanover introduced its first cobot in September 2018 to enhance its testing capability in a partnership with Absolute Robotics. Since then, the company says the technology has proved its worth, delivering pinpoint accuracy in the testing of processor and […]