Optare has agreed a three-year pay and conditions deal with its operations employees who are represented by Unite the Union. Optare says it is working closely with Unite to cultivate their working relationship as the ‘cornerstone of business success’. CEO of Optare, Enrico Vassallo, said, ‘The agreement is an indication of our commitment to the […]
Scania, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in the UK in 2014, has reported another ‘strong year’. A total of 301 buses and coaches were registered and Scania’s overall service sales increases significantly. This saw its share of the combined UK bus and coach market increase from 8.3% in 2013 to 9.7% in 2014. Scania (Great […]
Lucketts Travel Group has invested £2.3m in its front line fleet. Last summer, the operator added two new 53 seat Scania OmniExpress executive coaches, each worth £270,000. One is now serving customers using its Coliseum Coaches division in Southampton, while the other is used by Lucketts Travel customers, which has its headquarters in Fareham. At […]
Effective from 31 December 2014, David Siviero left Optare to return to Italy for personal reasons, less than a year after he was originally appointed. He will be moving on to Karsan Italia, heading its sales and marketing. Enrico Vassallo, CEO of Optare, will be covering global sales for the Leeds based manufacturer in the […]
Salsburgh based Bruces Coaches are to launch a new express service between Glasgow and Edinburgh via Harthill with effect from 2 February. Providing hourly departures from 06.30 to 18.30 from Monday to Saturday, the service will have a running time of one hour and 20 minutes. The move follows proprietor John Bruce’s disappointment at what […]
Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, has announced that up to £4m is being made available to pilot new and better ways of delivering joined up local transport in rural and isolated areas. The DfT fund aims to promote a better coordination and utilisation of all available transport services in local communities. The department claims the £2bn […]
Arriva has announced the appointment of Kevin O’Connor as MD of its UK Bus division. Kevin, who will sit on Arriva’s Executive Committee, joins the firm on 2 March from G4S where he held a variety of senior leadership roles between 2001 and 2015, most recently as Regional Managing Director of G4S Cash Solutions UK […]
Blind spots can be deadly for cyclists. There have been many occasions where a bus or coach has been involved in a fatal collision with a cyclist, not to mention the many near misses and less serious collisions. There have been a slew of technological developments to combat this problem of late, from camera systems […]