SME lender, Simply, has helped Swanage Taxis Ltd, operating as Linkrider Coaches, restructure its finance agreements to ensure it can weather the current COVID-19 situation and continue trading. Linkrider Coaches is a family-run firm that provides student and private coach hire services to the south coast. Established 35 years ago as Swanage Taxis, it has […]
Coach operators have held a demonstration in Dresden to draw attention to their threatened situation due to the coronavirus restrictions, according to press reports from the country. Similar to the UK, German operators are off the roads due to the coronavirus pandemic. The demonstration saw 50 coaches parade to the state parliament, where they delivered […]
Coach companies are being urged to be added to a package of business rates relief. The Local Government Association (LGA) has written a letter to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) urging the coach companies are added to business rates relief in the wake of the coronavirus. The move came after guidance […]
HCT Group‘s Chief Executive, Dai Powell, is to retire later this year. Dai has led the organisation since 1993, growing it from a small community transport organisation into a national social enterprise. His retirement has been planned for some time and a successor has already been announced: Lynn McClelland. Currently the CEO Designate at HCT, […]
Truemans Coaches (Fleet) Ltd has entered administration. David Taylor and Paul Ellison, both from KRE Corporate Recovery LLP, were appointed as joint administrators. Based in Ash Vale near Aldershot, Hampshire, the operator provided holidays, excursions and theatre trips. It had a licence for 18 vehicles. A message on the operator’s website said the company will […]
Arcola Energy and Optare Group have launched a hydrogen fuel-cell double-decker for UK and international markets. The Metrodecker H2 hydrogen is built on the existing Optare Metrodecker EV platform. It incorporates a hydrogen fuel-cell powerpack developed by Arcola Energy as a direct replacement for the battery powerpack in the Metrodecker EV. It can carry more […]
Coach operators have made a video to highlight the impact the coronavirus crisis has had on the industry. It raises awareness of the CPT’s #coachcrisis initiative, which aims to secure support for the coach industry as bookings disappear. The video can be viewed here
Go-Ahead-owned Brighton & Hove Buses has found an unlikely source of hand sanitiser for its drivers and other frontline colleagues: a local gin distillery. After exhausting his usual suppliers, the operator’s Stores Manager, Steve Trewin, discovered gin distillery Murray & Yeatman was supplying medical-grade hand sanitiser to vital local service providers and businesses. Brighton & […]