Kevin Mayne of Maynes Coaches has told The Press and Journal he is hopeful a rescue package will become available from the government based on the coach industry’s investments in low emission vehicles. Support for the sector has so far been ruled out. However, the story reports Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said she would […]
The former senior management team of Caledonian Travel and National Holidays has purchased the Caledonian Travel brand. Like Shearings and Wallace Arnold Travel, Glasgow-based Caledonian Travel was part of the SLG Group that went into administration on 22 May. Before going out of business, Caledonian Travel operated short breaks and holidays by coach for over […]
TfL has set out plans to extend the hours of bus lanes on its roads in London. The alterations are intended to reflect a customer shift away from peak hours, which it says helps ensure London’s sustainable recovery from the pandemic. According to TfL, extending bus lane operating hours will help guard against a car-led […]
Transport fabrics manufacturer, Camira, has enhanced its Super Trim Plus and Premier Trim Plus to meet new fire-retardant standards. The two product ranges are now enhanced with additional flame retardants, enabling them to pass both a vertical flammability test, as well as a horizontal test, requirements of the new standard. The additional protection comes as […]
UrbanThings, the company behind UK Bus Checker and Ticketless, has raised £455,000 in new funding. This brings the total raised by the company to £1.5m of capital to date. The initial capital was raised from an existing pool of investors and was subsequently matched by the UK Government’s Future Fund investment scheme. Announced in May, […]
As I stood on a pedestrian bridge shooting pictures of the Honk for Hope London demonstration, I began recognising faces behind the wheel. I was not looking at coaches, I was looking at industry colleagues I have met over 30 years. I know some of them well enough to know that they tend to be […]
Lucketts Travel has been using TruTac compliance control software for over ten years. In recent times, TruTac’s TruLinks API suite has enabled the company to automatically integrate verified vehicle and driver tachograph data direct into other systems. For example, the powerful vehicle distance data is used in systems such as planning maintenance schedules, fuel usage […]
More than 400 coaches convened on London for the latest Honk for Hope UK protest, which aims to draw the government’s attention to a transport sector in crisis. The noisy cavalcade which swept around Parliament Square for more than two hours as coaches filtered in from as far afield as Scotland achieved significant press attention, […]