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 […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport is believed to be condensing its regional system to just three areas, and asking its current regional managers to apply for the posts. An industry insider said that all regional managers are now on consultation notice, ending 4 September, with a new regional structure based on traffic areas. The structure […]
CCTV and GPS tracking supplier Centrad has opened its new 5,000-square-foot office and warehouse facility in Amber Business Village, Tamworth. The building was acquired in 2019 and following extensive renovation will now act as the companies Head Office and the warehouse for its UK division. The opening of the new head office follows strong growth […]
National Express West Midlands has launched a new information service for bus users that delivers stop-by-stop bus capacity predictions up to two weeks in advance. It should allow passengers to determine the best time to travel, based on predicted available bus capacity data. Powered by the CitySwift bus data engine, the bus capacity checker at […]
National Express Coventry is to make changes to its bus network from 30 August, including more buses, route revisions, frequency increases and new bus links. This is the latest set of changes made as it evolves its services in response to the pandemic. The latest confirmed changes come ahead of an expected increase in the […]