It takes some bottle to hand in your notice on a £40,000-a-year salaried job and dive into coach tours to make a living. If we’re to believe many pundits, there are thin margins and a lot of stress in running a tour programme, with or without owning coaches. That said, there are a few well-known […]
Kent-based Carol Peters Travel has gone into receivership, with the loss of all jobs. Run by Peter and Carol Howe, the Isle of Thanet company had been established for 24 years and ran day trips, short breaks and coach hire from its Manston base. It had offices at Deal and Westgate-on-Sea. The company had been […]
Weavaway Travel is investing over £1.4million in six Scania K320-based MOBIpeople Explorer coaches for the coming year. The drive for PSVAR specification vehicles led the operator’s Simon Weaver to review his fleet requirements. The combination of Scania’s known driveline and dealer support plus the proven track record of the MOBIpeople Explorer since its UK launch […]
The government has sent a strong signal to the industry that it supports the rapid growth of electric vehicles and that it will “rapidly adjust to this pace of change.” That is the message from MP George Freeman – in the newly-created post of Minister for the Future of Transport – when he launched the […]
With the first Innovation & Technology in Transport Hub (ITT Hub) event scheduled to take place at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre on 13 and 14 May 2020, the organisers have already announced the dates for a further event next year. This will be staged on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 May 2021 […]
Go-Ahead-owned Oxford Bus Company has run the final trip on its X90 service. After over 90 years providing a service between London and Oxford and more than four decades of operating the X90 express service, a combination of competition from enhanced rail services and congestion that has worsened by 50% in two years, has forced […]
Wrightbus is to make its public debut under its new ownership, the firm has confirmed. It has reaffirmed its commitment to the UK market, by continuing with plans made under Wrightbus’ former owners to exhibit at ITT Hub, Farnborough, on May 13-14. It means it will be the first time that Wrightbus has exhibited since […]
When the Mk8 Ford Transit minibus was introduced in 2014 it set new standards in what could be expected from a factory-built product; but the introduction of an all-new model, assembled at a new plant in Turkey for the global market with Euro VI compliant engines, greater levels of standard specification and a vastly more […]