Employee ownership tax change ‘will hit succession planning’
The reduction of tax relief on disposals to employee-ownership trusts (EOTs), which had been becoming increasingly popular in the industry,…
FirstGroup buys RATP Dev London and Bath sightseeing business
FirstGroup has purchased the RATP Dev sightseeing operations in London and Bath that run largely under the Tootbus brand. The…
Quality Coach Travel announces Scouts partnership
Quality Coach Travel has announced it has become the official transport provider of The Scout Association. The coach tours broker…
Morse Coaches of North Yorkshire is bought by Go-Ahead Group
Morse Coaches of Sheriff Hutton in North Yorkshire has been purchased by the Go-Ahead Group in a further expansion of…
Berrys Coaches transfers into employee ownership position
Berrys Coaches of Taunton has become an employee-owned company via establishment of an employee ownership trust. The move is described…
FlixBus announces partnership with London Travel In
London Travel In has been announced as the latest operator to partner with FlixBus in offering long-distance scheduled coach services…
Kainos Software awarded three-year contract to supply BODS
Kainos Software has won a three-year contract to deliver the Bus Open Data Service (BODS), the Department for Transport (DfT)…
Stagecoach appoints strategic media planning and buying agency
Stagecoach has appointed Bountiful Cow as its new strategic media planning and buying agency. The operator chose the business, which…
Tower Transit grows reach with purchase of South Wales Transport
Tower Transit has completed the purchase of Swansea coach and bus operator South Wales Transport in a deal that the…
Redwing Coaches brand joins Skills after key asset purchase
Skills Motor Coaches has completed acquisition of what it says are key assets of the REL Redwing operation in London…
