Home-to-school contracts: Fuel price escalator needed soon
Diesel costs are never far removed from industry discussions. One operator recently paid 170ppl for a bulk delivery. While that is high even by...
From one crisis to the next…
It would have been nice to have had a little relaxation time between the ending of COVID-19 restrictions and a European war, but lurching...
England’s bus sector left in limbo by funding uncertainty
Who would have thought less than a year ago that Boris Johnson’s promise of £3bn to “level up buses across England to London standards”...
Little sign of coach and bus industry certainty as 2022 opens
2022 begins with uncertainty. While for coaching the launch of separate awareness campaigns by two trade bodies has the potential to deliver significant benefits,...
Contract award change could drive coach decarbonisation shift
The coach industry and its stakeholders are undertaking work on reducing the sector’s environmental impact and facilitating its eventual zero-emission transition against a backdrop...
Driver CPC and PSVAR: DfT must get policy work into order
News that the government will carry out what it terms a “sweeping review” of the Driver CPC (DCPC) system landed on Monday 8 November.
In...
Where are coaches in CBT policy for reducing domestic flights?
Has coach travel been forgotten? For many, the answer is no. Operators report strong business, notwithstanding difficulties around driver availability. It is thus curious...
DVLA processing woes show that overhaul is needed
Longstanding difficulties at DVLA have translated into severe delays to the processing of vocational licence applications and renewals. At the time of writing, those...
Time for change for England decarbonisation approach
The starkest warning yet about the climate emergency was recently delivered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Its special report’s foreword includes...
Training drivers in-house: Look now if you don’t already
Will the industry see a driver shortage over the remainder of 2021? Things already look tricky thanks to short-term pressures. One coach operator is...
Coach tourism in Scotland to be on show at CTA Glasgow...
The Coach Tourism Association (CTA) will hold a summer networking event in Glasgow from Sunday 24 to Tuesday 26 July. It will showcase the...
