Andreas Renschler, member of the Board of Management with responsibility for Commercial Vehicles at Volkswagen AG, has been elected to the Supervisory Board of MAN SE. He will take over as chairman of the body until the end of the current period of office. Renschler was previously in the Daimler AG Board of Management. The […]
Stagecoach founder, Sir Brian Souter, has acquired New Zealand operator, Naked Bus. The deal sees Sir Brian bring together two of the country’s leading long distance coach operators, as he plans to combine this latest acquisition with his other similar operator in the country, ManaBus.com. The latter is set to take over the Naked Bus […]
Stagecoach South provided a specially liveried bus for a group of residents heading to a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day at Shoreham’s British Legion Club in Buckingham Road, Shoreham. The bus, based at the company’s Worthing depot is painted battleship grey and green, based on the wartime livery of […]
National Express Group Plc has made a ‘good start’ to the year, according to its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 January 2015 to date. Its revenue is up 4% (in constant currency) and it is on track to deliver its profit and cash expectations for the year. All its divisions have delivered […]
Richard Grey, owner and MD of Grey’s of Ely, has become Chairman of the Guild of British Coach Operators, rising from the position of Vice Chairman. He succeeds John Johnson of Johnsons Coach & Bus. Taking over the Vice Chairman role is Andrew Richmond, MD of Richmond’s Coaches. Both new appointees will serve for a […]
Launching a new commercial service in competition with an established operator is no easy task, to do so with new vehicles at high frequency in a city with previous negative experience of competition is the challenge that Cardiff based NAT Group has set itself with its X1 service. Commencing on Monday 11 May, the X1 […]
With the Conservative Party led by David Cameron victorious at the recent election, the face of the government has changed somewhat. However, it has not been a complete change round, retaining a number of familiar faces including George Osborne (Chancellor), Theresa May (Home Secretary), Philip Hammond (Foreign Secretary) and Michael Fallon (Defence Secretary). Also keeping […]
The Department for Transport has now formally acknowledged that it has received the notice of infraction issued by the European Commission in response to the Bus and Coach Association’s efforts to create a more level playing field on the issue of not for profit organisations being treated as non commercial. The statement reads, ‘On 30th […]