Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapp’s announcement that a Hydrogen Bus Town project is imminent has been welcomed by the industry. The scheme follows up on the All Electric Bus Town, which gave English local authorities a chance to bid for funding to establish Britain’s first all-electric bus town or city. Jo Bamford, the […]
Dean Finch has tendered his resignation after more than ten years as Group Chief Executive of National Express. He has made the move in order to take up a new role as CEO at homebuilder Persimmon plc. He will leave the Group towards the end of the year or when a successor is appointed, in […]
Zenobē Energy, one of the UK’s largest independent owners and operators of battery storage, has secured up to £20m of contracted receivables funding. The money comes from NatWest Specialist Structured Finance and is to support the continued growth of the company in the electric vehicle sector. This NatWest funding is the first financing arrangement to […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has appointed Ardee Coach Trim as its new and exclusive service partner in Ireland. Ardee Coach Trim will be the manufacturer’s sole official service and accident repair agent for Alexander Dennis buses and Plaxton coaches in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. With mobile technicians, training, tooling and IT systems, […]
Opportunities to make the most of what remains of the summer season could arise as the government announces that the two metre social distancing rule is to be reduced to one metre on 4 July. The relaxation currently applies to England only, with Wales and Scotland announcing no changes to the social distancing rule at […]
The Transport Benevolent Fund CIO, known as TBF, has been providing help and support to those working in the public transport industry for 97 years. The Fund currently has more than 67,000 members and their needs are very different from those back in 1923. John Sheehy, TBF CEO, said: “Even before we were all dealing […]
Only 73% of passengers say they can wear a face covering on buses, according to a recent poll. Bus Users conducted the survey on Twitter from 15 to 19 June, taking into account nearly 1,500 responses. It was launched to coincide with face coverings becoming mandatory on public transport in England. In all, 73% of […]
Wrightbus owner, Jo Bamford, has supported a report by think-tank Policy Exchange, calling for more capital investment in hydrogen. The man behind plans for 3,000 hydrogen buses across the UK believes this is exactly the kind of action the UK Government should be taking. The report from Policy Exchange says that green hydrogen projects offer […]