Binswood Media, the organiser of ITT Hub 2020, has made two new appointments to its team. Nick Fielding joins as Event Director with Mel Holley also appointed to manage Content and Media Relations. Both Nick and Mel will report to CEO, Mark Griffin. A musician by training, Nick Fielding will bring experience in event management […]

Following the fatal bus crash in Coventry involving a Stagecoach Midlands bus, no punishment has been meted out for the operator’s managers. The decision was made by Nicholas Denton, Traffic Commissioner, who also ruled the standard international PSV operator’s licence held by Midland Red (South) Ltd (trading as Stagecoach Midlands) is to be curtailed for […]

Steve O’Neill is to leave Irizar UK at the end of March. Steve is one of the founding Directors of Irizar UK, having helped establish the business over the last eight years. Steve said: “It’s been a real privilege to have introduced the Irizar Integral brand to the UK. Starting from scratch, with just myself […]

Staff to be cut from the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) as part of a restructuring of the organisation have been named. Public Affairs Director, Pauline Gaunt OBE and Director of Policy Development, Steven Salmon, are both to leave the organisation at the end of June. Steven is not to cut his ties with CPT […]

If you’re in the market for a premium touring coach, Volvo’s 9900 tri-axle with 57 seats on 14 metres has to be in the mix. Volvo’s new coach features innovative design, fuel-saving aerodynamics, and a novel passenger environment. It is the fruition of a €40m investment by Volvo Bus and includes features such as the […]

I read that bean counters at KPMG have created the second edition of an Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI), gauging 25 countries readiness for AV technology. The automated safety systems which have arrived in the coach market already take vehicles just a leap of faith from being autonomous; it’s not hard to see that if […]

Bob McLeod, former Managing Director of Arriva Bus & Coach, has died, aged 68. Born in April 1950, Bob – christened Robert Johnstone McLeod – began his automotive life studying for an HND under a scheme run by motor dealership, Rootes. From there, he worked in car sales until joining the fleet sales unit of […]

The popularity of near-13-metre, two-axle touring coaches with 53/57 seats has been a feature of buying patterns in the last five years. For most coach operators, it seems, that’s an ideal capacity and length, and most marques now have a vehicle of the type in this highly competitive sector. However, two-axle, high-capacity coaches are always […]