Support Crucial to the success of the new vehicle is efficient support for it. This is a Pelican Engineering strong point as they have proved with their support for the BMC range, which is reckoned by many to be much better now than it was when the brand was available new in the UK. Commitment […]
Kinchbus has been praised by Member of Parliament for Loughborough, Nicky Morgan MP, for its Freeride Wednesday promotion. The operator is offering free travel into Loughborough between 10.00 and 11.00 on Wednesdays this month. The initiative follows Freeride Sunday, a similar campaign by sister company trentbarton this past January, which saw an increase of around […]
From 5 April 2014, all UK workplaces must display a new and updated Health & Safety Law poster. However, workplace equipment supplier Slingsby, claims many are unaware of the new legislation. The company supplies more than 35,000 workplace products across all industries and was one of the first to start selling the new poster in […]
Warton, Lancashire based Coastal Coaches has added two Mercedes-Benz Tourismos to its fleet. The vehicles have 53 seats with Travel Star Xtra upholstery, a Mercedes-Benz OM 457 hLA 348bhp Euro5 engine matched to a ZF Ecolife gearbox, two 19inch monitors, an air conditioning system, a fridge and electric blinds. They are being used on private […]
LMS Travel of Worcester has taken delivery of the very first Euro6 powered Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 Ferqui Soroco to reach UK shores. It is specified with 16 leather reclining seats, an air conditioning system, double glazing, a DVD player, curtains, a power door and a large boot. The vehicle was supplied by Connaught PSV.
Three 12.9m Irizar i6 Integral coaches delivered to Ash Vale, Hampshire based Truemans Coaches are resplendent in a special livery commemorating the operator’s 60th anniversary in business. They are fitted with 53 half-leather ‘PB’ seats, a drinks machine, a toilet, a twin screen DVD system, seatback tables and footrests. The driver has a dash mounted […]
New Punjab Coaches (NPC) of Slough has recently taken delivery of two 13.2m Van Hool TX16 Alicrons. The coaches are fitted with 400bhp MAN Euro5 engines matched to ZF AS-Tronic transmission. Specifications include 57 TX Grand Lux seats, an electrically operated reclining courier seat, a dual zone climate control/air conditioning system, a cool box, an […]
Across the six Stagecoach depots in the north east, staff raised £25,250 for various charities over the festive period. Notably, Robert Taylor and Mark Johnston, bus drivers from Stagecoach North East’s Sunderland depot, collected £2,180 for St. Benedict’s Hospice and the North of England Children’s Cancer Research Fund (NECCR). The pair dressed as elves, snowmen […]