Ember: A watershed moment for the UK coach industry
Start-up Ember has attracted significant mainstream attention for its work in establishing the UK’s first scheduled coach service that is…
Bristol ‘contingency’ Traffic Clean Air Zone consultation opens
Bristol City Council (BCC) has opened a consultation into revised charging options that may be needed to improve air quality…
Two EVM Sprinters for Scotpark NCP Edinburgh shuttle service
Scotpark NCP, based in Edinburgh Airport, has taken delivery of two Mercedes-Benz Sprinters with EVM conversions, supplied by Mistral Group/01565…
Pandemic’s impact on coach further exposed by mileage data
Figures collated by a coach operator comparing the mileage covered by its vehicles in 2020 to like-for-like data for 2019…
Home-to-school transport return in England ‘has gone well’
The return of home-to-school transport in England has gone more smoothly than might have been expected. That is the experience…
Details of solar panels for five Oxford Tube Panoramas released
Further information has been released about the solar panels that are to be fitted to five of the 34 Plaxton…
Extra £52.6m allocated for bus services in Scotland
The Scottish Government has approved a further £52.6m to support and maintain bus services in Scotland during the coronavirus COVID-19…
Obituary: Frank Ritchie
Frank Ritchie, Operations Manager at Go Coach Hire, Sevenoaks, died suddenly on 4 October. He was 65. Frank distinguished himself…
Coach operator business confidence declines in October
An ongoing gauge of coach operator business confidence carried out by the routeone marketing team saw the result decline by…
George Young’s Coaches revocation and bans upheld
The revocation of the 19-vehicle international O-Licence held by Newent-based George Young’s Coaches by Traffic Commissioner (TC) Nick Denton; the…
