Ken Grindrod retires

Sales Director at Castleford based Pelican Engineering, Ken Grindrod, has retired. He worked for the company, which supplies the Yutong coach range amongst other CVs, for 38 years. Taking over his responsibilities will be Bob Elliot, who has worked alongside Ken for over 32 years. Ken’s first real introduction to the coach sales world came […]

New Optare President

Graham Belgum has been appointed President of Optare Group, taking on the strategic and operational leadership role at the company and reporting to the Head of Global Bus at Ashok Leyland. He joined Optare on 2 March 2015 as Business Process Excellence and Aftermarket Director. Since then, he has been instrumental in delivering a series of […]

Busway begins

Manchester’s guided busway is now open for business. With the vast majority of the construction programme complete, services on the route began operating last Sunday (3 April). Prior to the first day of operation, a launch event was held which Chris Peat attended. The project is designed to enable people to enjoy faster, more punctual […]

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