Two in five transport operators across the UK have no purchasing plan in place to deal with the imminent Euro6 legislation, according to a recently published survey by Close Brothers Asset Finance. The latest Close Brothers Business Barometer also reveals that a further 14% of companies polled admit to having given no thought at all […]
First Eastern Counties and First Essex have appointed Chelsea de Silva as Creative Director. Chelsea, who is based at the company’s headquarters in Lansdowne Road Norwich, has been PR and Marketing Manager in the company for the last four years. She joined FirstGroup in 2009 to support the Eastern Counties bus business and has been […]
A North American placement has for the first time been built into FirstGroup’s UK based Graduate Management Scheme. Two of its graduates are set to spend six month placements there as part of a new and bespoke commercial element to the graduate programme. Hannah Dobie from Bolton has started life at FirstGroup in the Bus […]
A new President and Secretary for the European Mobility Group were announced at the Group’s recent AGM in Heidelberg, Germany. Former MD and latterly Chairman of Unwin Safety Systems, Campbell McKee and Jacqui Jones, Executive Director of Mobility Choice, the charity behind the Mobility Roadshow and Get Going Live! events, were unanimously voted in by […]
Three young people from the West Midlands have been offered apprenticeships with the region’s transport authority, Centro and National Express West Midlands after completing a Prince’s Trust scheme. Nav Bansal, Tamika Smith and Manisha Rani won the places through the new ‘Get Into Transport’ scheme. Run by Centro on behalf of the Prince’s Trust, the […]
It’s been a momentous week at Bus & Coach Buyer because after over 20 years at the Publishing Centre in Spalding the team, along with those of Coach Tours UK and Market Trade News, has moved to AT Graphics’ Peterborough headquarters. Sadly, a few of our number, including long serving production manager, Sandy Brooks, have […]
Following the re-opening of Oxford Road, Reading Buses routes returned to normal almost immediately. The company’s sky blue 15 and 16 buses as well as the flagship purple 17 route had been operating on diversion for over two weeks due to the road closure with what the company described today as ‘disastrous results for passenger numbers.’
Leaders of the seven West Midlands district councils (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton) have asked the region’s transport authority (Centro) to consult on a range of options aimed at saving 10% from Centro’s budget. It has already saved nearly a third of its operational expenditure over the last four years, which it […]