Manchester based Swans Travel has ordered ten i6 Integral coaches from Irizar UK. The order comprises two tri-axle VIP Class i6s, each with 40 leather seats, eight tables, a centre kitchen, Sky TV, four screens, Wi-Fi and a washroom, two 55 seat, wheelchair accessible coaches to full Executive Class specification and six Executive Class i6s […]

A new report from TAS has emphasised the reductions in public spending on buses across Great Britain that have occurred since 2010, which now totals £474m a year after adjusting for inflation. The new edition of ‘The Economics of Bus Operation’ is fully updated with extended analysis. The publication covers the topics of: costs of […]

D&G Bus is the trading identity of Rolling Solutions Ltd and a sister company of Green Triangle Buses Ltd trading as South Lancs Travel. Both operations are owned by David Reeves and Julian Peddle though they have very different identities. They have their head office facilities at The Wellington, a former public house on the […]

Although new investment in Eddie Brown Tours was secured in early 2014 after difficult trading conditions, the company subsequently reported it was not able to turn the business around. This was followed earlier this month by an announcement that the operator had gone into voluntary receivership and had apparently been issued a winding up order […]

Carnforth based The Traveller’s Choice have announced they will be taking over the business of Harrisons Coaches (Morecambe) Ltd, trading as Battersby Silver Grey. The deal was due to be formally completed at lunchtime on 28 January 2015. The agreement sees the company take on Battersby’s fleet of 18 vehicles, as well as lease the […]

All four of Lothian Buses Executive Directors to leave the operation over the next two years was one of three key decisions taken during a meeting of the Lothian Buses board on 21 January 2015. The board meeting also decided that there would be a review of management, organisational and remuneration arrangements together with the […]

First has won the contract to operate services on a new flagship bus priority route in the Manchester area. The route includes the region’s first guided busway, which is currently under construction and is to stretch 4.5miles between Leigh and Ellenbrook. The 14-mile route will link communities in Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley and Salford to Manchester […]

Although new to the PCV sector, Harrogate-based Ethos Asset Finance is no stranger to vehicle funding with lengthy and widespread experience in satisfying operators’ funding needs. Chris Peat speaks to Ethos Owner, Chris Brown, for a fuller story. Chris Brown’s route into PCV has been a circuitous one. With plenty of experience gained on the […]