‘Transport for a Changing World’ was the theme of the 2014 ITF meeting, the seventh annual summit to be held at the Leipzig conference centre in Germany. In a complex three-day programme, ministers, participants and press from around the world considered topics across the whole transport agenda from cycling to air and maritime activity. There […]
First West of England is introducing cycle safety technology on three of its buses operating along the busy Gloucester Road route in Bristol as part of an ongoing trial funded by four West of England local authorities which has also involved Wessex Bus. The CycleEye technology has been developed by Bristol engineering company Fusion Processing […]
Andrew Pulham, MD of Pulham’s Coaches of Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire, has traditionally had a virtually 100% Volvo fleet and anticipates continuing to buy Volvo in future, but on 8 April last year he took delivery of a two-axle Tourismo. He has never operated a Setra, ‘because they always seemed expensive compared with […]
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 […]