The Employment Rights Act 2025 — matters for coach operators
The introduction of the new Employment Rights Act 2025 was fully explained by Gabrielle Scriven of Backhouse Jones at a…
Smart vision: Centrad keeps safety and security in focus
Centrad - a business with camera technology at its heart - is keeping watch over compliance in the industry “Turning…
Louise Cheeseman: reflections on three years of change at WiBC
As I prepare to step down as Chair of Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) three years after founding the…
Friendship over challenge for bus industry stalwart James Freeman
Life in coach and bus is more than an occupation to many. Instead, it is a passion that still burns…
Stagecoach retiree Joe Carr looks back on 50 years as driver and trainer
Stagecoach North East man Joe Carr retired this year after half a century as a driver, driver trainer and Driver…
Suspension before Amberley Minibuses O-Licence is surrendered
In suspending the nine-vehicle O-Licence held by Christchurch-based Amberley Minibuses for two months, Traffic Commissioner (TC) Sarah Bell ruled that…
Opinion: UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel thus far fails to deliver
UK bus builders will take little encouragement from the government’s effort to support domestic production, writes our Westminster insider The…
Bus franchising must avoid return of ‘illogical’ fares boundaries
One positive aspect of the deregulated bus system was the explosion of daily, weekly and longer-duration tickets designed around logical…
The cleanest, lowest pollution transit mode we have: light rail
Graham’s Vidler’s opinion piece on light rail last year underestimated the single most important advantage that modern rail — especially…
London’s bus model isn’t a silver bullet for service improvements
Slow bus speeds in the capital contradict the often-repeated view about franchising What do mobility scooters, canal narrowboats and me…
