Nearly three-quarters (74%) of businesses working across the visitor economy believe there would be a notable impact on employee retention rates if training budgets were increased, according to new industry research among HR directors and training managers. On average, respondents felt that budgets would need to increase by around 50% to have a significant impact […]
Two new additions have been made to the marketing team at Stagecoach Group’s UK Bus division. Craig Carrington has joined as UK Bus Assistant Marketing Manager. Based in Rugby, Craig is responsible for assisting in the development of the UK Bus marketing, branding and customer experience development and roll out. He was most recently employed […]
Wilts & Dorset have held a retirement presentation for Tony Nother, who was recruited at the company’s Poole depot as a coachbuilder in 1985. Tony was joined by Jenny, his wife, at the event where he was thanked for his exceptional and exemplary service to the company by MD, Andrew Wickham; Engineering Director, Steve Hamilton […]
Isle of Wight operator, Southern Vectis, has launched four buses in special dinosaur liveries to run on its Coaster route. The service runs daily from Ryde to Yarmouth along the island’s south coast, calling at attractions on the route, including Isle of Wight Zoo, Dinosaur Isle, Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight Pearl and The Needles […]
Go-Ahead has achieved the Investor in People (IiP) standard at its first attempt. IiP is the UK’s leading people management standard, which specialises in improving business performance through an organisation’s people. The standard was awarded following an independent review involving the operator’s staff based at the company’s London and Newcastle offices. The feedback from the […]
Transport Minister, Norman Baker, has confirmed to local transport bodies (LTBs) the funding allocations for local major transport projects from 2015. Those LTBs/LEPs where the principle of ten year funding has been agreed through city deals receive confirmed allocations for six years at the annual level indicated in January 2013. They also receive an indicative […]
Praise for the Mayor of London’s Road Task Force’s (RTF) plan for the city’s transport network has come from the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT). CILT applauds it for being ‘inclusive’, claiming it will get the best out of its road network for everyone who uses it. One of the set of proposals’ […]
Countries in the Organisation for Economic and Co-operation and Development (OECD), which includes the UK, invest on average around 1% of GDP on road and rail infrastructure. It has remained at this figure since 1995. According to the International Transport Forum (ITF) of the OECD, the fact that the share of GDP dedicated to transport […]