In the year ended 30 November 2016, revenues for the Rotala group as a whole were £55m, up 8% (2015: £50.9m). Gross margins dipped slightly to 18.3% (2015:18.7%), as the acquisitions of the year were bedded in. Pre-tax profits before exceptional items rose by a further 9% to £2.68m (2015: £2.46m). Revenues in contracted services […]
East of England Traffic Commissioner, Richard Turfitt, has called on standard licence holders to make sure they can demonstrate a ‘genuine link’ with their Transport Managers (TM). It comes after ruling that he had been misled about the nomination of a TM by a Winwick based coach firm. Veazey Coaches Ltd told the industry regulator […]
Winchester City Council has agreed to buy the freehold of the bus station site in central Winchester from Stagecoach. The £4m purchase is due to be completed by the end of April 2017. According to the Council, the investment is intended to ensure the future of bus operations in the city centre and is expected […]
Ulsterbus will turn 50 years old on Easter Monday. The operation started on 17 April 1967 after the Ulster Transport Authority ceased. To mark the milestone, the operator is to take vintage buses on tour around its stations and offer 50% off the day return fare for customers after 09.30 throughout the Easter Week (17 […]
National Express West Midlands is trialling contactless payments on its X1 and X2 services between Birmingham and Solihull. Tickets are cheaper using contactless, with a peak Daysaver costing £4 instead of £4.60 and a single ticket for longer journeys in Birmingham costing £2.10 instead of £2.40. The pilot is using a retail model for transactions, […]
October 2017’s introduction of the roll over standard ECE R66.02 has incentivised MAN to update their Lion’s Coach. It will be officially launched at Busworld 2017 in Kortrijk. The manufacturer said that what has emerged is ‘much more than just a stiffening of the body shell’, with changes to its drive train and general design. […]
A survey on coaches in Manchester has been launched. Marketing Manchester is working with Manchester Metropolitan University Post Graduate Tourism students to better understand the volume, value and characteristics of the coach market to Manchester city centre. The information is to be used to gain a better understanding to inform transport strategy plans and policies. […]
Stagecoach has confirmed that its megabusgold.com overnight sleepercoach services between Scotland and London will cease to operate from 21 May 2017. A statement on the operator’s website said, ‘The services – which launched in 2013 – represented an innovative and new travel product and have helped provide a value for money long distance transport option […]