A milestone has been reached for the Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project with the unveiling of the first vehicles of Europe’s largest hydrogen bus fleet. The city council has taken delivery of four of the ten Van Hool hydrogen buses, with the others due to be delivered in the coming weeks. The Aberdeen City Council-led bus […]
Translink Group Chief Executive, Catherine Mason, has been awarded the 2013 Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport/RSA Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution’ to the industry. The accolade recognises the operator’s significant success in recent years following a programme of development, change and continuous improvement, which has delivered passenger growth, improved efficiency and increased levels of customer care. […]
FirstGroup has donated around £80,000 of advertising space to its UK Charity of Choice, Macmillan Cancer Support. Over 3,100 of First’s 6,500 strong bus fleet across the UK will feature interior adverts supporting the cause’s Not Alone campaign. FirstGroup’s CSR and Community Manager, Katie Smart, said, ‘We hope our partnership with Macmillan and especially the […]
First Aberdeen is to freeze the majority of its fares in 2014 and reduce in price its Adult Day tickets, which it claims is a result of the increasing numbers of customers travelling on its services. The only fare to increase is Stage 3-5 of the Adult Single fare. This is set to be implemented […]
Go-Ahead has used Recite software to help make accessing its website content easier for people with dyslexia, sight problems or those that do not use English as a first language. The programme includes text to speech functionality, translation of text into 52 languages and can make the font larger, allowing users to personalise the site […]
Better quotations Demonstrating his new quotations system, James said it was all intended to improve the customer experience and increase business for clients signed up to the site. Previously, quotations e-mailed to users of the website only included details of the job being quoted for (destination, date, start location, etc), along with the price, a […]
The man you know Although his company may be a newcomer on the market, Steve is an old hand at his trade, with many reading this no doubt familiar with his name and work. He has been involved with PCV glazing repair and replacement since the start of his career in 1986. Starting as a […]
CEO of Staf Cars and now also of Solmar Tours is Paul Cremers. His father, Staf Cremers, had started his own coach operation in 1952. Staf died two years ago but the company he founded continues to thrive, turning over €9.3m (£7.67m) from coach hire in 2013. It now operates 85 coaches, 20 of them […]