Deutsche Post has announced plans for a significant increase in its intercity coach operations together with a rebranding to reflect the withdrawal of ADAC from the ‘ADAC Postbus’ venture. From 1 April 2015, the operation will be known simply as ‘Postbus’, retaining the yellow livery to which the traditional Posthorn will be prominently added. It […]
Travel de Courcey and Reays Coaches have been identified as some of London Stock Exchange’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’. The report is a celebration of the UK’s fastest growing and most dynamic businesses. To be included in the list, companies needed to show consistent revenue growth over a minimum of three years, significantly outperforming […]
Compak Ramp’s Global Sales and Marketing Director, Tony Rodwell, will be taking part in a 5k run at Leybourne Lakes in Kent on 9th May, 2015 to help to raise funds and raise awareness for Lymphangioleomyomastosis (LAM), a rare lung disease that occurs almost exclusively in women. In 2014, Tony’s step daughter, Louise Robey, a […]
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have reported growth in registrations for the month of February. Bus and coach registrations grew 14.9% in February 2015, reaching 409 units. Year-to-date values also saw a rise, up 34.3% compared with the same period in 2014. Demand for converted buses and purpose-built coaches fuelled this growth, […]
Stagecoach Group today is investing over £80m in new buses and coaches for services in the UK and mainland Europe. A new fleet of nearly 470 vehicles, many equipped with free Wi-Fi and all with CCTV, will be introduced in the 2015-16 financial year. More than £75m of that investment will be made in the […]
It was ten years ago this week that Bus & Coach Buyer first took the, then new, Setra ComfortClass S416GT-HD tri-axle coach out for what was the only two day test we have ever conducted. Simon Dew and I joined Setra Sales Manager, Mike Beagrie, on a tour that took us from Dew’s Somersham yard […]
Checking licences is important and cannot be overlooked. If an accident on the road involving one of your drivers and vehicles occurs and they do not have a valid licence, then it could mean something as severe as a corporate manslaughter case against you. Chris Peat spoke to Terry Reynolds, founder of Chalcheck, a company […]
In the first of a new series of People Profiles, Kirsty Flatt spent the afternoon with Peter Shipp, CEO of EYMS at the Anlaby Road offices in Hull, to find out what drives this self confessed bus enthusiast and successful business man. The early years Peter was born in Devon, and started his career working […]