Alexander Dennis wins TEC Partnership apprenticeship award
Alexander Dennis has won employer of the year at the TEC Partnership Apprenticeship Awards. Grimsby-based TEC Partnership is one of…
Home-to-school eligibility changes could impact coach operators
Changes to local authorities’ home-to-school transport policies have potential to significantly alter operators’ business models, believes Edwards Coaches, which is…
Blackpool Transport adopts Ticketer TK300 latest-generation unit
Blackpool Transport has adopted the Ticketer TK300 ticket machine across its bus fleet, with 110 of those units having been…
Where will school double-deckers come from in the electric age?
Where will future generations of mid-life double-decker buses to deliver home-to-school (H2S) transport on behalf of local authorities come from?…
Cambridge driverless bus trial seeks operator after Stagecoach exit
Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) is looking to bring in another operator to the Connector autonomous bus consortium following Stagecoach East’s…
Strathclyde bus franchising affordability ‘uncertain’ as row reignites
The question of funding for bus franchising in the Glasgow city region remains unclear after a draft Strathclyde Regional Bus…
New apprenticeship intake at Oxford Bus Group
Oxford Bus Group is recruiting five apprentices to mark National Apprenticeship Week. Apprentices will be sought for vehicle mechanics and…
UK coach, bus and minibus registrations hit 16-year high in 2024
Vehicle registrations across the combined coach, bus and minibus sector in the UK reached a 16-year high in 2024, the…
BSOG reform in England ‘could help to protect rural bus services’
Payment of BSOG in England on a per-kilometre basis would help to support rural bus services, but care would be…
Coach and bus should remain far away from ZEV mandate scope
The worries of many SME operators around decarbonisation are no secret, but they were succinctly put by the head of…
