After three years in the East Midlands, Showbus returned to the Home Counties for its 47th edition. The location, the Hertfordshire Showground, proved an inspired choice given the UK’s recent weather history. The gently-sloping site is well drained and most of the grassed areas were quite firm underfoot or wheel with plenty of access to […]
Standard specification includes Kiel Avance 1020 passenger seats with three-point seatbelts, seat back tables, magazine nets, leather head-pad and piping, USB chargers at all passenger seats, Bosch Smart Series audio equipment and DVD player. The exterior finish will be complemented by Alcoa Dura-Bright alloy wheels. Launched into Europe in 2009, the Scania Touring entered the […]
In a ruling at public inquiry for DANSA – a South Wales community transport organisation – Nick Jones decided that, in the case of the CTO, its tendered contracts with the council coupled with its staff structure, DANSA is operating commercially, and directed it to resolve the issues raised by the end of the year […]
Wrightbus entered administration last week, leading to around 1,200 redundancies, after Deloitte failed to find a new owner.. It was suffering cashflow problems and took on the services of Deloitte to help it find new investors in July. Protestors were critical of the Ballymena-based company’s donations to a church. Wrightbus’ parent company, Cornerstone Group, donated […]
The CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle exhibition a few weeks ago is a show which has grown from being a handful of hopefuls in the field, touting what appeared to be a fantasy, to a large show of well-funded tech solutions. At my first show at Millbrook, I remember being aware that the exhibitors were mainly […]
Wrightbus has entered administration. Michael Magnay and Peter Allen of Deloitte were today appointed as joint administrators to Wrights Group Ltd, Wrightbus Ltd, Wright En-Drive Ltd, Wright Composites Ltd and Metallix Ltd. The news comes as a new investor in the business was not secured last week. The lack of a buyer unfortunately means approximately […]
A full, written decision of the public inquiry into DANSA Ltd, the South Wales community transport operator, reveals that Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones decided that tendering for contested contracts made it a commercial company. As reported last week, the Traffic Commissioner will revoke all 32 Section 19 and 22 permits held by DANSA on 31 […]
Stagecoach has acquired South Gloucestershire Bus and Coach. South Gloucestershire Bus and Coach’s owners have decided to step down and a mutual agreement has been made to buy the business and its assets. Stagecoach has been working in partnership with the Bristol-based family company for the past two years. The operation will become part of […]