Stagecoach is starting to gradually increase bus service levels in Scotland in line with the Scottish Government’s plans to re-open more parts of daily life. From Monday 29 June, the company will be providing around double the number of services that have been running as part of the emergency timetables in place since March. Bus […]
Coach operators around the country have been alerting their MPs to the plight of their businesses, including Masons Minibus and Coach Hire, in Hertfordshire. The company’s business development manager, Candice Mason, worked her contacts to alert local MP, Greg Smith, to the problems right at the start of lockdown: “I then supplied weekly updates and […]
Passenger campaign body, Bus Users has written to the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, Ken Skates MS, asking for urgent funding for the country’s bus services. The letter recognised the support already provided by Welsh Government for operators running services throughout the COVID-19 crisis. However, with rules on lockdown now being eased and […]
A strike could take place in the public transport industry if the social distancing rule does not stay at two metres on the transport network. TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has warned of a national strike of the trade union’s members in public transport unless the Government gives unequivocal assurances that the social distancing rules […]
Stagecoach-owned megabus is to restart part of its network from 3 July. A revised network will restart, serving key towns and cities across England including London, Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Norwich, with connections to many other places. Additional safety measures have been put in place to make sure that megabus […]
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 […]