A training scheme to boost coach driver numbers is expected to begin soon, giving Somerset area operators relief from a local driver shortage. In conjunction with Somerset County Council and Weston College, the Confederation of Passenger Transport is creating a 12-month induction programme at Yeovil College which hopes to introduce younger people to the industry […]
Sittingbourne-based Chalkwell has introduced Distinctive Systems’ Tour Booking System for its DayBreaks and Holidays packages. Chalkwell says the system is a complete management solution for individual passenger reservations on extended tours and day excursions. It is in daily use with nearly 200 operators and handles two million passengers a year. Chalkwell’s Head of Sales and […]
Allan Vaulter retired in 2016 but has set up a new business doing what he does best. Stuart Jones went to Taunton to see him. It may seem to those in the South West that Allan Vaulter has been selling coaches forever, but this is not true. He started as recently as 1975 having previously […]
Sussex-based A&A Travel is currently in the process of seeking a bigger operating base to fit its expanding operation. It has grown from four operating licences to 11 and its fleet has increased from four to 16 vehicles in recent times. The company’s Nicholas Young said the biggest period of expansion for the business has […]
Few organisations are likely to be fully compliant by 25 May 2018 (especially as some key guidance is yet to be published and the Data Protection Bill is yet to pass through parliament). However, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has indicated that those who fail to engage with the GDPR by the implementation date will […]
The Coach Tourism Association’s Coach Holiday Conference, held this year at The Imperial Hotel and supported by Visit Blackpool, brought CTA members together in a well-planned programme of events that combined business with pleasure. Leading the speaker line-up was Debbie Marshall, a fluent and enthusiastic speaker who set up Silver Travel Advisor in 2011. This […]
UK government has stated its support of community transport in its response to the Transport Select Committee’s report into the area. In the response to the report, the government said that within the existing legal framework, the government wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for […]
Nick Jones, the Traffic Commissioner for Wales, has refused to grant Express Motors (Caernarfon) Ltd a passenger transport licence, concluding that the business fell “well short” of meeting the requirements. The request for the licence was made by Mrs Rhian Wyn Davies, the daughter of former owners, Eric and Jean Jones, whose brothers Kevin and […]