As part of a wider restructuring in Arriva, Mark Bowd has become Arriva Midlands’ new MD following the departure of former MD, Alex Perry. Although Mark has not held the Arriva Midlands MD role before, he is familiar with the area, having been MD of Arriva Fox County. This latter operation has since merged into […]
The last few weeks have seen VW making plenty of headlines and all for the wrong reasons. It must be some relief to the management at Wolfsburg, Germany to be able to announce some good news. That good news is the impending arrival in the UK of the first examples of their new mid range […]
According to a recent update on trading from Stagecoach, its business has been ‘consistent’ with its management’s expectations. There is no change to the adjusted earnings per share that it was anticipating for the year ending 30 April 2016. Like-for-like revenue growth for the company’s UK Bus regional operations for the 24 weeks ended 17 […]
The 2015 CPT Scotland Chair is Andrew Jarvis, MD Stagecoach East Scotland who opened the organisation’s annual conference at the Cameron House Hotel on the banks of a misty Loch Lomond by explaining the rationale behind the conference title, pointing out that the industry was arriving at a crossroads at which change was inevitable, which […]
Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has provisionally announced there will be a 30% average cut to the DfT’s spending over the next four years. Making the announcement prior to the upcoming Spending Review, the decision was part of a wider cost cutting exercise affecting other government departments, including: the Department for Environment, Food and […]
It has been the best October since 2008 for bus and coach registrations, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Registrations rose 26.2% in October, with 785 in total, making for a rolling year figure of 8,821, a 17.4% increase. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘Strong demand for converted buses up […]
The Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, Joan Aitken, has presented CPT’s Bus & Coach Engineering Manager Accreditation to six of the McGill’s Buses team. Designed by CPT in conjunction with People 1st, the accreditation, assesses bus and coach Engineering Managers against a series of new professional standards, whilst allowing them to demonstrate they have the necessary […]
New MAN minibus MAN Truck & Bus is to introduce a new light commercial van, of which there will be a minibus version. Designated as MAN TGE, the new range of MAN light commercial vehicles was developed by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and will be built together with its twin Volkswagen Crafter in the newly-built plant […]