A radical shake up of local government took a step forward with the announcement that 34 cities, towns, counties or combinations of same in England have submited proposals for devolved powers before the government’s deadline. Earlier this summer, the Chancellor had asked areas to put forward proposals to follow Greater Manchester’s devolution deal last year. […]
After years of operating out of rented commercial units, Brookline Cars Ltd bought its own site back in December 2013 on Princes Drive Industrial Estate, Kenilworth. 2014 was spent demolishing the majority of the site prior to the completion of a bespoke unit with five 14 meter long bays to house the coach side of […]
As part of its student offer for the 2015-16 university year, Reading Buses have launched a pioneering on-board experience for users of its claret services between Reading Station and the University of Reading Whiteknights Campus on weekdays during term time. Working in partnership with design agency, Best Impressions, and refurbishers, South East Coachworks, four Scania […]
It will be the big launches that grab the headlines at Coach & Bus Live and they provide plenty to entice operators to make the trip to the National Exhibition Centre, but there is much more to the event than this. It may be the smaller and shorter of Diversified’s two bus and coach industry […]
Refurbishing buses and coaches to give them a new lease of life is nothing new and having them repaired is all too familiar an experience. However, that does not mean the market for this work has stayed the same over the years. Chris Peat has contacted various companies skilled in rejuvenation to find out what […]
Mellor Coachcraft of Rochdale, part of the Woodall-Nicolson Group, has long had a lively business producing coachbuilt wheelchair accessible vehicle conversions on the Iveco Daily panel van chassis. Last year we brought you news of a completely new Iveco Daily panel van range Iveco were introducing, building upon the success they had achieved with the […]
City of York Council has teamed up with First York to launch a new Peak Time Travel bus pass for customers with learning difficulties. The scheme is available to City of York Council Adult Social Care customers with learning difficulties. It will support customers who currently depend on the council to arrange transport for them, […]
Stagecoach Group has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard for its efforts in helping tackle climate change. The award follows an assessment by the Carbon Trust of the environmental performance of the Group’s businesses in the UK, mainland Europe and North America between 1 May 2013 and 30 April 2015. Assessors confirmed that, relative to […]