Buses are amongst the vehicles to benefit from the new Clean Vehicle Technology Fund announced by Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer. Local authorities and other public bodies will be able to apply for a share of £5 million from the Fund to make improvements to local fleets to reduce pollution. The money is available for vehicles […]

Legal background As well as the obligations directly related to running vehicles, operators must also comply with their obligations to their staff. Perhaps the most basic obligation to staff is contained in section 3(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 – and that is the right to have a written contract. When an employee begins […]

Moseley (PCV) Ltd, the UK importer for VDL, Van Hool and Sitcar coaches, has strengthened its Parts Department with the promotion of one employee and the addition of another. Geoff Bean has been promoted to Parts Department Controller and will supervise the day to day running of this side of the business. Geoff has been […]

Director of transport solicitors Backhouse Jones, Ian Jones, has been welcomed into the Society of Operations Engineers’ (SOE) governing body. The PCV and HGV legal specialist was a co-founder of Backhouse Jones in 2000. Ian was co-opted onto SOE’s Trustee Board in March, bringing his knowledge of transport legislation to the Society, which focuses on […]

Richard Jones has been appointed by the Welsh Government as the Wales Bus Operations Advisor. Richard started his career in transport with Crosville before moving on to Gwynedd County Council/Gwynedd Council as their Senior Public Transport Officer for nearly fifteen years. Following this he became the General Manager at Machynlleth based Lloyds Coaches, where he […]

Abellio Surrey Bus has launched a ‘Travel by bus’ initiative for Saturdays throughout June called ‘A – B and back for free’. At these times, people can make a return journey for the price of a single trip. Commercial Manager for Abellio London & Surrey, Alastair Willis, said, ‘This really is a fantastic opportunity for […]

From May 2015, the former NEOPLAN plant in Plauen will take on a new role in the MAN structure, becoming a Bus Modification Centre (BMC) for MAN and NEOPLAN public transport buses and coaches. A staff of around 140 will be employed in implementing specific customer requirements for the final equipment of the vehicles. For […]

Irizar UK has sold its 100th integral coach to Norfolk based Eastons Holidays. The sale of the i6 comes less than three years after the Worksop based dealership’s launch. The 13.87m 53-seater has DAF-Paccar’s 460hp MX340 engine and ZF AS-Tronic autoshift gearbox. It is being liveried in the factory and will be delivered in July. […]