Reliance Motor Services in routes and vehicles sale to Transdev
Transdev Blazefield has agreed to purchase several bus routes and 11 buses from Reliance Motor Services of Sutton-on-the-Forest, north of…
Pelican Bus and Coach marks 50% women on senior team
Pelican Bus and Coach has marked having reached the position where 50% of its senior management team members are women.…
Heidi Alexander named Transport Secretary after Louise Haigh quits
Heidi Alexander has been appointed Secretary of State for Transport following the overnight resignation of Louise Haigh from that role.…
Mayor and Transport Secretary unite to discuss South Yorkshire bus future
South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard and Transport Secretary Louise Haigh (pictured) met at Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange on 22 November to…
Stagecoach Manchester joins Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter
Stagecoach Manchester has been named the latest member of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter, a voluntary initiative aimed at…
Felixstowe Travel joins REL as Group MD for coach arm appointed
Felixstowe Travel is another independent coach operator to be bought by industry investor REL Capital, which has taken a majority…
Swanbrook is latest coach operator to be purchased by Go-Ahead
The Go-Ahead Group has continued its acquisition of independent coach operators with the purchase of Cheltenham-based Swanbrook. It follows multiple…
Coach industry consolidation: An attractive investment opportunity?
“These recent acquisitions grow our position in adjacent services and allow us to enter new regions, which is key to…
C9: Target young to help solve recruitment issues
As CEO of one of coach and bus’s most prolific recruitment agencies, C9 Recruitment, Sam Wharfe has done much to…
Reading Buses partners with CitySwift after successful trial
Reading Buses has confirmed it will roll out CitySwift's performance-optimisation platform to its whole network after a successful trial. CitySwift…