After what it describes as a bumper year for entries, the UK Bus Awards has announced its 2019 shortlist. The finalists are competing for the top awards across 21 categories, all culminating in the presentation of the Bus Operator of the Year. This year saw the addition of a new Cultural Change category which has […]
Wrightbus looks likely to have been saved from administration, with a last-minute deal brokered. JCB heir, Jo Bamford, has agreed in principle to buy the factory. Bamford was tipped as a potential buyer of the business in the weeks before Wrightbus entered administration. A sticking point leading to the deal previously not going ahead was […]
The best things come in the smallest packages, the saying goes, and Coach and Bus UK delivered a compact event with quality buyers, according to many exhibitors. Feedback from vehicle exhibitors was that visitors provided a steady trickle rather than a deluge, but operators had made the journey to the NEC with serious intent. Almost […]
Mellor has chosen Busworld in Brussels to launch a ride-sharing ‘microbus’ with appeal to the DRT sector. Sales of Mellor’s small bus designs have reached record levels, and it says that size-appropriate buses are the way forward. In recognition that DRT, in the broader context of mass transit, has fallen short of its potential, Pico […]
Derbyshire-based Yourbus has ceased operating. The company provided buses in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire area, as well as running coach trips and National Express routes. A statement on the operator’s website said: “It is with regret to inform our passengers that unfortunately Yourbus has ceased trading as of 14/10/2019” The message was posted prior to […]
Gateway Auctions, the UK’s leading coach auctioneers, are selling the fleet formerly operated by MW Nicolls’s of Laurencekirk, Scotland due to the retirement of the company. The sale ends on Thursday 17 October at 2pm and ofers an online auction portal for buyers. Bus and Coach Buyer reported the closure of the company last month […]
Eminox has achieved CVRAS certification for a new Tourismo retrofit kit which can take Euro V coaches to Euro VI standards. Sales Director Carlos Vicente told Bus and Coach Buyer that development of the kit was complex, not only presenting the company with physical engineering challenges but, because Mercedes-Benz uses its own CANbus system, engaging […]
Chesterfield-based Pride & Joy is to supply ‘reserved’ head rest covers for megabus coaches. The bespoke covers are designed to clearly identify which seats have been reserved. Seat reservations have only just been introduced on megabus services. The new provision allows passengers to book specific seats for as little as an extra £1. Around 16 seats on each of […]