Phillips International Travel director, Julian Phillips, has published a booked called The Glorious M6. It is now available to order from all bookshops and online retailers. The book is a 124-page guide to places of interest that can be seen from or visited within a short drive from junctions of the M6 motorway. Although sections […]
Following a successful demo of the coach, Johnson Coaches of Lincolnshire has added a Neoplan Tourliner to its fleet. It is the operator’s first ever Tourliner. The 13.1m Neoplan Tourliner P10 is the first of two new coaches purchased by the operator. It has an MAN D26 440bhp engine coupled with a ZF EcoLife automatic […]
Spanish coachbuilder Sunsundegui has now entered liquidation. As a result, 341 jobs are lost. B&CB originally announced the company’s woes in September 2024, when the manufacturer filed for administration so it could buy time to negotiate with its creditors. The company was burdened by €48.8m debt and has been under insolvency proceedings since November 2024. […]
Alexander Dennis has delivered a new Enviro400 double-decker and two Enviro200 single-deckers to English operator Weardale Motor Services. The new Enviro400 is the third of the type for Stanhope, County Durham-based Weardale and is fitted with 84 high-backed seats alongside an additional tip-up seat in the wheelchair space. The Enviro200 additions include an 8.9m vehicle […]
This year’s ALBUM Conference raised £8,000 for cancer support specialist Maggie’s Nottingham. The money was raised through a silent auction held during the Conference’s Gala Dinner, alongside a generous donation from the winners of the Curry and Quiz Night, InSol Recruitment, who donated their prize money to the charity. The ALBUM Conference 2025 was hosted […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) and Adverta have struck a new five-year advertising income deal designed to help safeguard services and fares. The deal provides businesses with targeted and tailored advertising using the over 250 vehicles in the award-winning operator’s fleet. The deal means that profits generated from advertising are ploughed back into the services. Adverta […]
Harvey Stroud has been named Lothian’s Driver of the Year. Harvey took the top spot at the operator’s annual Bus Driver of the Year final at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston. The competition saw 18 finalists from across the Lothian Group compete on the day, excelling in three challenges: a theory test, a practical […]
Following his treatise on Duple and its long running Dominant product, Howard Berry turns his attention to the final years of Duple coach production including the Laser, looking much like an evolved Dominant and the squarer high specification Caribbean, both of which ran to .2 versions. The squarer styling continued to the 300 series and […]