Martin Allen, the minibus operator who formed the Bus and Coach Association and spearheaded changes to Section 19 interpretation, claims a Section 19/22 operator has unlawfully been awarded school contracts for which his company placed bids. Martin, who runs JA Travel in Mansfield, placed bids for all ten Special Educational Needs (SEN) contracts to Foxwood […]
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Five years is not a long time in this industry. However, it has proved enough time for Birmingham-based Bouden Coach Travel to grow its operations expansively; increasing its fleet size from a single minibus to what it is now, at 12 vehicles in total. Readers may have noticed the operator has appeared in the Fleet […]
Lincolnshire-based AC Williams Coaches has invested £1.7m in seven new Mercedes-Benz Euro VI Tourismo touring coaches. The company’s Executive Chairman, Glen Pratt, has said it is setting its sights on further expansion. AC Williams operate over 30 vehicles, ranging from executive coaches through to double-deckers and wheelchair accessible vehicles. The operator has earned its reputation […]
trentbarton’s red arrow coach service is to start operating on a 24-hour basis from 2 September. red arrow was launched in 1995, following market research into what would encourage more people to travel between Nottingham and Derby. It was found customers were after speed and luxury, without the hassle of parking in the cities. Over […]
Big Bus Tours launched operations in Dublin last week, the 20th city in its global portfolio. The group has acquired the Dualway Group’s Dublin based hop-on, hop-off sightseeing tour operated by Irish City Tours. Founded in 1979 by Tony McConn, the Dualway Group started open top sightseeing in Dublin in 1994, and was one of […]
It says something about Connaught PSV, Ferqui, Iveco or the midicoach sector that Steve Peach is reporting sales of three Ferqui SRs every month. It’s certainly a buoyant sector at the moment, with high demand but competition from everything from rear-engined vehicles which are short versions of their big sisters, scaled-down rear-engined coaches like Yutong’s […]
The Bus and Coach Association’s (BCA) legal team has begun proceedings to force the DfT, DVSA and Traffic Commissioners to take action against community transport operators. The BCA’s Martin Allen was partly responsible for forcing the arm of the Department for Transport to issue new guidance for Section 19/22 operators, with the aim of preventing […]