Klarners Coaches and Tendring Travel are latest to join REL Capital
Coach industry investor REL Capital has completed further operator purchases with deals for Essex businesses Klarners Coaches and Tendring Travel.…
Whippet promotes Ed Cameron to Interim General Manager
Cambridgeshire operator Whippet has appointed Ed Cameron as Interim General Manager. Mr Cameron joined Whippet as Commercial Manager in July…
Growing Euro Bus Expo momentum illustrates trade show appetite
Euro Bus Expo is back at the NEC Birmingham in November. The three-day flagship event will represent a return for…
There’s a lot more to gain from defect-checking
As we all know, daily defect-checking is essential for both compliance and safety in the coach and bus industry. Digital…
EU Entry/Exit System set to go live on 10 November
The Schengen area Entry/Exit System (EES) for non-EU nationals will go live on 10 November as predicted, Commissioner for Home…
Operator: Market’s strength will overcome school VAT challenge
An operator who had previously feared Labour’s promised abolition of the VAT exemption on private school fees now thinks, as…
Journey modelling and shared chargers ‘key to electric coaches’
Journey modelling tools and suitably located, shared and robust charging infrastructure are both needed for SME operators to have confidence…
Budget cuts justify cap on school contract bids, council claims
A local authority in Wales has defended its decision to introduce a price cap to its school contract tendering process…
Rising insurance costs inside M25 ‘stifling small operators’ growth’
Rising insurance costs for coaches and minicoaches based within the M25 are constraining the ability of small operators there to…
An operator’s culture club: Do your staff feel the beat?
Culture: The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society. What is your work culture like –…
