Congratulations to Blakes Coaches of Tiverton, Devon for winning Coach of the Year at the 2017 UK Coach Rally, for their Beulas bodied MAN, supplied by Moseley in the South.

Bus and Coach Buyer’s Editor in Chief, Stuart Jones, has received the Services to the Coach Industry award at the UK Coach Awards 2017. Stuart has worked in the bus and coach trade press for over 30 years, beginning his career in this area at Coachmart magazine. In 1989, he founded and edited his own […]

There is a rather tongue in cheek promotional campaign on many of Berlin’s buses at the moment, particularly the large batch of Scania Citywide articulated buses delivered to BVG over the last year or so. It takes the form of up to three line expressions in white block capitals applied to the window line. Some […]

Royal Assent has been given to the Bus Services Bill, making it now the Bus Services Act 2017. The House of Lords agreed to amendments made to the Bill by the House of Commons. No further debate was required, so the Bill has now become an Act. It grants Combined Authorities, with an elected Mayor, […]

Travel de Courcey has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2017 in the Sustainable Development category. The award was made in recognition of the Midlands operator’s strong record of growth, innovation and sustainable development. The Awards, announced on the monarch’s birthday, are considered one of the UK’s most prestigious business awards, celebrating excellence and […]

A new ‘Tube-style’ approach to bus travel is being trialled in London. Individual routes have been given their own distinct colour. Links to other TfL services have been clearly identified to give passengers travel information in a similar way to the Tube. The buses and stop signs will be marked in their identifiable colours and […]

Brighton based community interest company (CIC), The Big Lemon, has placed in service the first of two Optare Solos which are believed the first buses in the UK, and possibly the world, to operate on solar power. The vehicles have drivelines manufactured and built by Magtec in the UK. Last Friday the company held a […]

Gardiners NMC has signed a deal with Epsom Coaches to continue operating its holiday and day excursion programme after it closes on 24 June 2017. Following that date, the Epsom based business will be brought under direct management of RATP Dev London, with its bus operations renamed Quality Line. This most recent deal sees Melanie […]