Mobile Onboard has announced its new low cost ‘talking bus’ technology. Called Beam Next Stop it integrates with Mobile Onboard’s Beam on-bus wi-fi units to provide passengers with a graphical next stop announcement system that can be accessed from their mobile device and/or large screens installed on the vehicle. The company says Beam Next Stop […]
Contact any refurbishment company and you’ll probably find they have a healthy amount of work on. Not only is the encroaching deadline for DDA compliance meaning an increased number of vehicles are being converted or are about to be, there also seems to be a greater focus on refurbishing vehicles to improve customer satisfaction. Chris […]
There are not many brands that can boast having been going for 70 years. One that can is Britannia, the range of wash systems from Smith Bros & Webb. The renowned vehicle wash manufacturer has achieved three score years and ten with this brand and is not only surviving, but thriving. Chris Peat met Sales […]
Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire played host to the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event 2014 (LCV2014), which provided a platform for some of the industry’s most cutting-edge green and efficient technologies to be presented. Chris Peat attended the exhibition to gather details of some of the latest environmentally friendly and fuel saving equipment being developed […]
Following the announcement of the Scania Touring’s UK launch earlier this year, Scania (Great Britain) Ltd has secured its first sales. Skills Motor Coaches Ltd of Nottingham has ordered three and Tranzcare Travel Ltd of Manchester has ordered one. Skills’ vehicles are scheduled for delivery in April 2015, whilst Tranzcare’s is due to enter service […]
A new rapid bus network for Bristol will be built after the DfT announced £34m funding towards the £45m project. The scheme is expected to bring better bus connections between key areas of employment, housing, retail and leisure in the city. It is envisaged the network will tackle traffic congestion, help create regeneration and support […]
SJ. Remind me about your background in the industry? BD. From BAE, with whom I spent ten years on aircraft, I joined Walter Alexander in 1996 as Materials Supply Director. Within a year I was Production Director running all the manufacturing. In 1998 I was asked to go and rescue a Mayflower business in the […]
Alton Towers Resort will once again host the UK Coach Rally, which returns in 2015 on 18 and 19 April. The weekend event starts on Saturday morning with the road run. On return to Alton Towers Resort, all drivers continue on to the driving tests, which carry on into the afternoon. The day concludes with […]