Legal questions answered: Clandestine entrants and drivers’ hours
Q My coaches travel abroad. To avoid falling foul of the clandestine entrant civil penalty scheme, what are the responsibilities…
Heavy vehicle annual test pass certificates to go digital from April
Heavy vehicle annual test pass certificates will no longer be printed at the point of test as a default from…
Coach and bus seatbelt reminders issued, but no law change due
DVSA continues to remind coach and bus operators with seatbelt-equipped vehicles that they must take “all reasonable steps” to ensure…
Maynes Coaches gains Earned Recognition accreditation
Maynes Coaches has become the first privately owned coach operator in Scotland to attain DVSA Earned Recognition accreditation. The Buckie-based…
Arriva South operators gain Earned Recognition accreditation
The Arriva South group of operators have become members of DVSA Earned Recognition (ER). That achievements follows the earlier accreditation…
Take control of your parts with Aquarius’s Asset Finance System
Aquarius IT’s new Asset Finance system has been developed to work in tandem with the company’s popular Asset Maintenance software…
Falcon Buses adopts Freeway Fleet Systems digital platform
Falcon Buses of Byfleet has introduced software from Freeway Fleet Systems to digitise its maintenance. The platform is being rolled…
DPF performance to be brought within heavy vehicle testing scope?
DVSA has raised the potential to identify via annual testing any removal of or damage to the diesel particulate filter…
The Ready Group commits to installing Alcolock devices
The Ready Group, which owns coach operations Readybus, Arena Travel, Turbostyle Coaches and LJ Edwards, is to install Alcolock ignition…
Technology is changing the game for coach and bus operators
How two businesses are using apps and e-ticketing to smooth operations in the coach and bus sectors For the coach…