New research undertaken by tourist board Visit Nottinghamshire has suggested the majority of Britons are expecting to spend more on UK holidays or so-called ‘staycations’ over the next six months. The tourist board says this should support a boost to the tourism and hospitality sectors in the later part of 2020. It could also be […]
First Bus has announced the appointment of Jane Reakes-Davies as the Managing Director for First Cymru. Jane joined First Bus in 2013 and was most recently Head of Human Resources for the business in South of England, Wales and Ireland before fulfilling the Managing Director’s role on an interim basis. Jane said: “I’m very pleased […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has completed the installation of hand sanitiser dispensers to all of its buses. The dispensers are internally fitted near the front of all 310 buses in the NCT fleet. Last month, NCT achieved Visit Britain’s ‘We’re Good to Go’ industry standard for COVID-secure services. The operator has put in place the […]
Brighton & Hove and Metrobus have produced a free card to help passengers who are exempt from wearing a face covering. The Go-Ahead-owned company has adapted its yellow Helping Hand card to read: ‘please be supportive. I’m exempt from wearing a face covering’. The company’s Bus Supervisor Team is hopping on and off buses and […]
Brighton’s environmentally-friendly operator, The Big Lemon, has joined forces with another local bus operator, Seaford & District, to create an international coach operator called Brighton Horizon Coaches. The new brand was launched at a ceremony at the Peace Statue on Brighton & Hove’s seafront. Over the next few weeks all the existing Big Lemon and […]
Chandlers Coach Travel has made its first coach day-trips since lockdown. The first trip was to Swanage in Dorset. It saw two of its coaches out on the road. Social distancing was in place, with passengers sat in ‘bubbles’ and joining them on the day out were some of the operator’s furloughed staff. Owner of […]
The first day of lockdown on 23 March seems like yesterday; the day we all realised that almost all coach and bus business had gone and, due to the relationship of infectious diseases with groups of people, was unlikely to return for quite some time. We’ve all been in a state of suspended animation since […]
Former-EvoBus Coventry Chief Financial Officer, Michael Klein, has been announced as the new Head of Production Daimler Buses and Managing Director Production of EvoBus GmbH. Michael Klein took over the position on 1 August, succeeding Dr. Marcus Nicolai, who has decided to leave the company after more than 23 years of service. The management of […]