BYD Company and Hino Motors have signed a strategic business alliance agreement with a focus on collaborating in commercial battery electric vehicles (BEVs) development. The two companies will aim to accelerate the development of commercial BEVs to provide the best-fit product for customers in a timely manner. To begin with, the two businesses will collaborate […]
Sea View Coaches of Poole has entered administration. Neil Frank Vinnicombe and Simon Robert Haskew, both of Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP of Bath, have been appointed administrators of the business. Sea View Coaches was founded during the mid-1960s with a single coach, primarily to transport staff of an engineering company to and from the developing […]
UK bus-sharing company, Zeelo, has joined forces with Rome-based bus platform, Busrapido. The partnership sees the launch of safe commuter transport for companies employing key workers in Italy, a country particularly hard hit by COVID-19. With public transport levels being reduced, Zeelo believes this new transport offering will help critical staff during the lockdown and […]
Bus drivers are among frontline transport staff now being tested for coronavirus in the West Midlands. The testing is intended to not only ensure safety of bus drivers, but also train and Metro company staff. It will also be a positive for key workers, such as hospital staff, who are still using the network during […]
Applications to renew PSV licences at age 45 or over currently no longer need a D4 medical report. Due to NHS doctors no longer being able to carry out D4 medical examination reports due to the coronavirus situation, the D4 is no longer required to support a driver’s application until further notice. This will only […]
Operations at Wellington-based Moseley in the South have been consolidated into the Moseley (PCV) business in South Elmsall, Yorkshire. Moseley in the South’s Wellington, Somerset, facility is now closed and not set to reopen. Despite this, the national coverage of the company’s UK sales team is unaffected by the closure. Airdrie-based Moseley Distributors is not […]
According to a survey by consumer insight organisation Piplsay, 53% of respondents said they plan to take a trip, mostly leisure, as soon as the COVID-19 lockdown lifts. The Piplsay survey was conducted nationwide in the UK in the month of April 2020. It received 3,411 online responses from individuals aged 18 years and older. […]
The launch of a new coach touring operation has been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic…but its owner isn’t deterred one bit. Ian Seaward, an experienced coach driver, set up Seawards of Harrogate just before the outbreak of the virus, securing a deal on an ex-Parrys International Van Hool Astron from H Atkinsons and Sons of […]