QBE and Gallagher introduce ‘pay as you go’ coach insurance
Insurance provider QBE is working exclusively with broker Gallagher to provide pay-as-you-go, mileage-based motor fleet insurance for the coach industry.
The new product launched on...
Universal Asset Finance: Finding the best rate
routeone speaks to Director of Universal Asset Finance David Tyrer to discover how it finds coach and bus operators the best deals on finance
Universal...
Scania Financial Services: Doing its best to help the industry
Finance providers have been central to the industry since March 2020, and over that period several have gone above and beyond in helping coach...
Fuze to provide ‘turnkey’ asset finance for Wrightbus ZE models
Wrightbus and Ryze Hydrogen owner Jo Bamford has established Fuze, an asset finance company that will work exclusively with zero-emission buses built by the...
Help yourself to get finance after the pandemic
With the industry brought to its knees over the last 16 months, we are starting to see a light at the end of the...
MSP crisis leaves some coach operators in card payment limbo
A reluctance among some merchant services providers (MSPs) to continue to work with the travel industry on card payment transactions is proving to be...
Propel Finance: Funding the road to recovery
A new industry survey conducted by Propel Finance in partnership with routeone reveals increasing confidence among UK coach and bus operators, but concerns remain...
Gauntlet’s new planning booklet helps get coaches back on the road
Insurance provider Gauntlet is helping coach and bus operators return from COVID-19 hibernation with a new booklet, which offers advice on how to insure...
PHVC minibus growth plans fuelled by Haydock vendor finance
Haydock Finance and minibus and fleet supplier PHVC have founded a partnership that will see Haydock provide vendor finance to PHVC’s customers. The agreement...
Insurance specialist calls for scrap on interest payments on coaches laid up due to...
Insurance broker McCarron Coates has launched the next phase of its Wish you could Hear postcard campaign, titled Take No Interest, calling on coach-sector...
Obituary: Doree Barratt, pioneer of women in coaching
Doree Barratt, one of the coach industry’s first female drivers and for many years the head of well-known Cheshire operator Barratt's Coaches of Nantwich,...
