Lincolnshire coach operator, A C Williams, has announced a 50% expansion with the acquisition of neighbouring Southern Holidays of Sleaford, building on a record year which saw company turnover soar by 40%. Together the merged companies will offer a fleet of nearly 30 vehicles, ranging from executive coaches through to double deckers and wheelchair accessible […]
Organisers of this year’s combined UK Coach Awards and Rally have decided to split the two events into separate occasions for 2014. Next year is the Rally’s Diamond Jubilee and the milestone event will take place at Alton Towers Resort over the weekend of 10 and 11 May. UK Coach Rally Chairman, Stephen Telling, said, […]
London based Anderson Travel is celebrating its 25 years in business this year and marking the milestone by replacing the majority of its fleet with 19 new coaches. This is part of a £4m investment programme, which brought together each of the Anderson Group of companies under the main banner of Anderson Travel earlier in […]
BSOG does not feature in the Government’s recent Spending Review 2013 which sets out how £740bn of tax payers’ money will be invested between April 2015 and April 2016. It also details plans to find savings of over £11bn to close the gap between what it raises in taxes and what it spends. In terms […]
Hayes, Middlesex based City Circle UK Ltd has added four 10.8m Scania Irizar i6 coaches to its fleet. Based on the Scania 360hp K360 EB4x2 chassis, they each have 36 seats, a rear floor mounted washroom, a servery unit, two fridges, a DVD player, two monitors, a satellite navigation system and a reversing camera. The […]
Woods of Tillicoultry has taken delivery of a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516CDi based Unvi Vega GT. The vehicle’s bespoke specification includes eight Politecnica Trans Europe Express leather seats (but it can be up-seated to 12 if required), a Diavia air conditioning system, a fridge and a Bosch entertainment package. The minicoach was supplied by Coachtraders.
Allenby Coach Hire of Warlington, Surrey, has taken a Mercedes-Benz 516CDi based Soroco and a Toro T2 based on the Mercedes-Benz Vario 816 base. The Soroco has 16 high back reclining seats, an air conditioning system, a six-speed transmission and a power door. The Toro T2 has 28 high back seats plus a courier’s position, […]
Newbury & District is the first independent operator to take delivery of the 11.7m Optare Versa. The single decker is powered by a 6.7litre six-cylinder Cummins ISBe Euro5 201bhp engine coupled with an Allison 2100 Series five-speed fully automatic transmission, as well as 44 seats and a manual fold out ramp. The vehicle was supplied […]