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 […]
Mistral Bus and Coach have been providing quality new and used leased vehicles to the industry since 1992 and this year they will be celebrating twenty three years in business. Five years ago Mistral Asset Finance was formed and earlier this year the two companies relocated to new offices in Manchester. Kirsty Flatt met up […]
Over 400,000 complaints were sent on Twitter to train companies last year. A new report from ‘Commute London’ has analysed these and how train companies handled them. It makes for interesting reading, and there’s much bus companies can learn. Who knows, they may be about to report on you too. I’ve also been monitoring how […]
TfL and Stagecoach London have teamed up to launch the first ‘rainbow bus’. The New Routemaster features multicoloured graphics and is intended to celebrate and support diversity in the city. The specially liveried double decker is to remain in operation for a year, mainly operating on route 8, which runs between Bow Church and Tottenham […]