A consultation on proposals to introduce voluntary All-Wales Quality Standards for local scheduled bus services has been launched by the Welsh Government. It will require operators to meet certain standards in order to receive BSOG funding. The proposals have been developed by the Bus Policy Advisory Group and are based on the quality standard introduced […]
Go-Ahead’s Bluestar has created a ‘Google Tour’ of one of its latest buses. The Eastleigh based operator’s online tour allows Google Maps’ users to see onboard the vehicle using the street view function of the online mapping specialist. The operator has also used Google Maps to give people a 360 degree view inside its travel […]
Entries for this year’s UK Coach Rally at Blackpool are ‘ahead of last year’s figures’ according to the organisers with ‘many new coach companies’ entered. At the time of writing, there are currently only 12 spaces available. Dealers currently enlisted for trade exhibition space include: Irizar UK, MAN Truck & Bus UK, Plaxton Coach Sales, […]
Registrations for the Commercial Vehicle Show 2016 are now open. Visitors can register via the official website (www.cvshow.com). The event takes place at the NEC, Birmingham, from 26 to 28 April. It has currently attracted nearly 400 exhibitors, a number that is expected to grow further in the weeks leading up to show.
National Express has become the first private transport group to pay the higher, voluntary Living Wage in the West Midlands. As well as pledging to pay all UK direct employees, the operator will also be ensuring the same for all agency and contracted staff. Its bus division has been paying the wage since 3 January […]
Coach Hire Comparison is holding a National Conference on 19 January 2016. The event will see the introduction of a new design for the coach booking website, as well as what it describes as an industry changing development it has been working on for the past six months. The company is also to launch an […]
First Kernow has purchased various assets and contracts from Webbers Coaches, a small operation in Cornwall. The transaction was completed on 5 January and includes the lease of the existing depot in Bodmin, a number of school contracts operated on behalf of Cornwall Council, four of the vehicles used by the business and the transfer […]
Following last week’s announcement that 150 West Midland buses are to be fitted with clean air technology after winning nearly £500,000 of Clean Bus funding, National Express West Midlands (NXWM) has announced further investment into the region’s fleet. NXWM is to spend another £2.2m of match funding to upgrade a further 123 buses, all of […]