Trade union Unite is marking World Toilet Day today (19 November 2024) by telling bus companies that lack of decent toilet facilities will not be tolerated. The union’s warning comes at a time when it is increasingly making a lack of toilet dignity a key industrial issue, saying it has been a focus in a […]
Go-Ahead Group has appointed of Sharon Flood as an independent non-executive director, further strengthening its leadership team and enhancing governance. Sharon joined the Board in October as non-executive director and chair of the audit committee, bringing a wealth of expertise in finance, strategy, and consumer-focused businesses, alongside deep industry knowledge. Her skills and experience will […]
There’s a buzz of energy around Darren Roe, MD of Stagecoach East, which contrasts sharply with many of the more laconic bus company managers I’ve met. In fact ‘buzz’ may be an understatement; he’s quite exhausting to listen to, and I mean that as a compliment. It was evident when I heard him talk at […]
Membership organisation CILT (UK) is bringing back its BusMark scheme. Industry stalwart, Austin Birks, was on the membership organisation’s stand at Euro Bus Expo to tell people about the benchmarking scheme, which carries out an annual survey supplemented by seasonal snapshot questionnaires, that help establish the position of operators on a number of key themes […]
Chapman Seating gained much attention at Euro Bus Expo for its next generation of drivers seats: the All-Ride. The new seats have been created with the company’s existing design focuses in mind (comfort, failsafe and maintainable), as well as with the additions of inclusivity and sustainability. They feature no foam, instead using spring mattresses from […]
Romanian-built Cento is now to be sold in the UK through a partnership between John Hill Coach Sales and Williams Coaches of Brecon. Although it has been in the UK for over a decade – imported as one-offs – Cento comes from former a operator turned manufacturer One of a number of accomplished Romanian converters, […]
Transdev has launched the first of 20 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric single-deckers into service. The first vehicles from the incoming new fleet, resplendent in the bright red livery of Transdev subsidiary, are now in service on The Harrogate Bus Company’s route 1 linking Harrogate and Knaresborough up to every eight minutes. And more new buses to […]
BYD has unveiled an all-new single-deck electric bus and a production version of the BD11 ‘decker it revealed in prototype at the London Bus Museum at Brooklands. The 12-metre B12 single-deck uses the same chassis-integrated LFP Blade battery and twin ‘hairpin’ hub motors as the BD11 to achieve a range of as much as 310 […]