Although new investment in Eddie Brown Tours was secured in early 2014 after difficult trading conditions, the company subsequently reported it was not able to turn the business around. This was followed earlier this month by an announcement that the operator had gone into voluntary receivership and had apparently been issued a winding up order […]
Carnforth based The Traveller’s Choice have announced they will be taking over the business of Harrisons Coaches (Morecambe) Ltd, trading as Battersby Silver Grey. The deal was due to be formally completed at lunchtime on 28 January 2015. The agreement sees the company take on Battersby’s fleet of 18 vehicles, as well as lease the […]
All four of Lothian Buses Executive Directors to leave the operation over the next two years was one of three key decisions taken during a meeting of the Lothian Buses board on 21 January 2015. The board meeting also decided that there would be a review of management, organisational and remuneration arrangements together with the […]
First has won the contract to operate services on a new flagship bus priority route in the Manchester area. The route includes the region’s first guided busway, which is currently under construction and is to stretch 4.5miles between Leigh and Ellenbrook. The 14-mile route will link communities in Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley and Salford to Manchester […]
Although new to the PCV sector, Harrogate-based Ethos Asset Finance is no stranger to vehicle funding with lengthy and widespread experience in satisfying operators’ funding needs. Chris Peat speaks to Ethos Owner, Chris Brown, for a fuller story. Chris Brown’s route into PCV has been a circuitous one. With plenty of experience gained on the […]
Every credible fleet operator knows instinctively the importance of tyre safety. However, the difference between well and poorly maintained tyres is one that could cost lives, not to mention livelihoods, so the message is one well worth reiterating. Chris Peat has contacted bus and coach tyre manufacturers and distributors to review some of the latest […]
It’s a few years since I last visited the Heaton Motor Company in Wigan, shortly after they had completed the upgrading of their premises on Bickershaw Lane in Abram. That upgrade gave them a facility to be proud of, presenting potential customers with an atmosphere in which to look at used minibuses and minicoaches that, […]
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) holds an annual press event to discuss key topics impacting on its members and upon the bus and coach operators that rely on the products they produce or sell. Chairman of the Bus & Coach Section of SMMT for the past ten years has been Adrian Wickens […]